# PhishDestroy threat dossier — taovex.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-26 05:13:46 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/taovex.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE — previously flagged dead but abuse reports still being filed (likely resurrected or never truly dead) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Brand Impersonation Targeted brand: Google ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 15/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 142.251.37.4 (DE, Frankfurt am Main) ASN: ASAS15169 GOOGLE - Google LLC, US Hosting org: AS15169 Google LLC Registrar: NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: ["annalise.ns.cloudflare.com", "seth.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: Google Chrome – den schnellen und sicheren Browser von Google jetzt herunterladen ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: WE1 Status: INVALID chain ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED AND IGNORED — NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited did not act on these notifications. Domain was flagged dead on 2026-03-02 21:55:09 UTC but a fresh report was filed on 2026-03-04 14:34:58 UTC — it is back or never truly suspended. Reports filed: 2 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-03-03 01:49:09 UTC Latest report: 2026-03-04 14:34:58 UTC Days since first notice: 145 — no registrar action, domain remains online ICANN Compliance CC'd on at least one escalation — non-response is on record. Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds, OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent. Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies. Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/taovex.com/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-26 23:20:16 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-03-03 01:49:09 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-26 04:21:13 UTC Flagged dead: 2026-03-02 21:55:09 UTC (SUPERSEDED — fresh report filed after this date, see ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY) Current status: ACTIVE (flagged dead but resurrected — registrar did not act on fresh reports) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019cb162-0da2-759f-a980-fa32459544ff/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/47316474-fdf0-4a16-b8df-70679ee61362 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/taovex.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.taovex.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=taovex.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/taovex.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/taovex.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-07 21:46:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] taovex.com Phishing Intelligence Report - PhishDestroy The domain taovex.com is a fraudulent website that impersonates the Google brand. Its page title, "Google Chrome – den schnellen und sicheren Browser von Google jetzt herunterladen," falsely presents the site as a download page for the Google Chrome browser. The threat posed is impersonation, designed to deceive users into believing they are on an official Google site, potentially leading to malware installation or credential theft. Technical evidence shows the site was detected by 15 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, with specific flags from ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, and CyRadar. Google Safe Browsing flagged it for SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. The domain is registered with NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited, and was created on 2026-02-21. Its IP address is 142.251.37.4, located in Germany (DE) and assigned to AS15169 Google LLC. The site uses SSL (WE1) and nameservers annalise.ns.cloudflare.com and seth.ns.cloudflare.com. The site is currently down or offline. Its domain risk score is 88, indicating a high threat level. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1772502545-taovex.com ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates: - VirusTotal positive ratio - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus, CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB) - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor) - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.) - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording) - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures) - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...) - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal) - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record) - Human researcher sign-off (operator takedown team) A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite score and the individual indicators above, not just VT. ## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/taovex.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=taovex.com Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 195,454 domains (65,088 alive under monitoring, 128,816 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io