# PhishDestroy threat dossier — tether-malls.net
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Fetched:   2026-07-28 21:28:08 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tether-malls.net/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Bitget

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, SOCRadar, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      162.245.220.207 (US, Miami)
ASN:             AS150452 LANDUPS LIMITED
Hosting org:     HostUS
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ["ns09.domaincontrol.com", "ns10.domaincontrol.com"]
Page title:      BitGet
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR2
Expires:    2026-09-27
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: f4ce1ee2f3d6673445b31572c01793a41059855a717348584b0f49563df33b32
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - 808.bitgetbs.net
  - api.bitgetbs.net
  - tether-buco.net
  - tether-coco.net
  - tether-cost.xyz
  - tether-ct.com
  - tether-dist.com
  - tether-dist.net
  - tether-malbuys.net
  - tether-mallts.net
  - tether-matc.net
  - vinseja7111.work

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-28 15:23:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-28 21:04:11 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-28 15:24:35 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

tether-malls.net — Phishing Site Investigation

Analysis of tether-malls.net indicates that the domain remains active and serves content over HTTP with a 200 response code. The authoritative name servers are ns09.domaincontrol.com and ns10.domaincontrol.com, both associated with GoDaddy’s default DNS infrastructure. Registration records show the domain was provisioned through GoDaddy.com, LLC, a common registrar for malicious actors due to its low‑cost onboarding and rapid provisioning.

The site has been flagged by the PhishDestroy blocklist and is listed on an additional security blocklist, confirming that at least one external threat‑intelligence feed is actively blocking the domain. VirusTotal scans have recorded eight detections out of ninety‑one scanned security vendors, suggesting that multiple antivirus and URL‑reputation engines have identified malicious behavior or payloads linked to the domain. No public page title, SSL certificate details, or brand‑specific targeting information are presently available, leaving the exact phishing lure and targeted victim profile uncertain.

Defenders should therefore treat tether-malls.net as a high‑risk indicator: enforce DNS‑level blocking, add the domain to web‑proxy deny lists, and monitor outbound connections to its IP address range. Continuous re‑scanning on VirusTotal or similar multi‑engine platforms is advised to capture any evolving signatures, and any observed traffic should be logged for correlation with credential‑theft or credential‑phishing incidents.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      f4ce1ee2f3d6673445b31572c01793a41059855a717348584b0f49563df33b32

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tether-malls.net/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=tether-malls.net
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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