# PhishDestroy threat dossier — tetherpayback.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-31 09:39:12 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tetherpayback.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, PhishFort, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.26.4.44 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Gandi SAS Nameservers: fiona.ns.cloudflare.com, sam.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2023-04-22 Expires: 2028-04-22 Page title: Real Payback without Exaggeration, Save Your Tether - tetherPayback HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-12 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 364dbbb278b990bc3669b362119672077240e7e74edce07d9fe60ebdb96118b3 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2023-04-22 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 08:25:16 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 09:38:22 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-31 08:20:25 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa273-e51e-7489-996d-98dd9eb5740e/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/dbb9867b-ca17-46c1-a1b9-547f21ae4453 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/tetherpayback.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.tetherpayback.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=tetherpayback.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/tetherpayback.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/tetherpayback.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 08:29:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] tetherpayback.com Phishing Site Detected Analysis of tetherpayback.com shows a recently created domain that is actively used for generic phishing. The domain was registered on April 22, 2023 through Gandi SAS and is hosted on Cloudflare infrastructure, using the authoritative nameservers fiona.ns.cloudflare.com and sam.ns.cloudflare.com. DNS resolution points to the IP address 104.26.5.44, a Cloudflare‑owned address that does not reveal a distinct backend host. The domain appears on one public blocklist and is currently listed by PhishDestroy as a malicious entry. VirusTotal scans indicate that 2 of 91 security vendors have flagged the domain, confirming that at least a small subset of detection engines consider it malicious. No additional intelligence such as SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, page title, or explicit brand impersonation has been published, so the precise content and target brand remain unknown. Given the limited but consistent evidence—registration date, blocklist inclusion, vendor detections, and Cloudflare hosting—defenders should treat tetherpayback.com as a high‑risk phishing indicator. Recommended actions include adding the domain to internal deny lists, monitoring DNS queries for the 104.26.5.44 address, and ensuring that endpoint protection solutions receive the latest threat feeds that reference this indicator. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised as further telemetry becomes available. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-AB5E89 Favicon MD5: c5f05a44cc153629d413d96b39f2e82f TLS cert SHA-256: 364dbbb278b990bc3669b362119672077240e7e74edce07d9fe60ebdb96118b3 ## 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/tetherpayback.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=tetherpayback.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: 196,255 domains (84,241 alive under monitoring, 27,268 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io