# PhishDestroy threat dossier — techponds.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-21 02:33:41 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/techponds.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Binance

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      16/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, OpenPhish, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
URLQuery:        3 detections
AlienVault OTX:  3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       Name SRS AB
Registered:      2026-04-20
Expires:         2027-04-20
Page title:      binance.com官方平台 - 全球领先的数字货币交易平台
HTTP response:   530

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: CLOSED — no report required.
This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either
the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the
operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file
for audit but no formal notice was sent.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-04-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-09 05:31:37 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-07 00:48:00 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-21 04:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-18 00:19:28 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019e9f89-8a77-74f8-b00e-1c58ac1f5eba/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/7156451f-d5f6-41cd-a13f-1cfee9537d3d
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/techponds.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.techponds.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=techponds.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/techponds.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/techponds.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 12:40:08 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies techponds.com as a domain that poses a brand impersonation threat, specifically targeting Binance, and is currently active. 
   
This domain was flagged by 16 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating a significant security risk, and was registered through Name SRS AB, with no available IP, creation date, or blocklist count.

The current status of techponds.com is still active, and users are advised to exercise extreme caution when interacting with this domain, as it may attempt to steal sensitive information, PhishDestroy recommends avoiding this domain altogether and verifying the authenticity of any website before providing personal or financial information, using the unique seed 4944bc to track and monitor this domain

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260607-0086D5

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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 (volunteer 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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/techponds.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=techponds.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

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