# PhishDestroy threat dossier — therealtether.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-31 09:39:26 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/therealtether.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: 185.158.133.1 (DE, Frankfurt am Main) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: DET FRA Registrar: Name.com, Inc. Nameservers: ns1hwy.name.com, ns2fln.name.com, ns3fqs.name.com, ns4jnz.name.com Registered: 2026-05-05 Expires: 2027-05-05 Page title: Tether — AI Friend App in iMessage | Virtual Companion HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-01 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: d010311d61090e66559a4706d8f4f57e63fd5686f079eafed2120221986a9f51 ## 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: 2026-05-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 08:45:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 12:59:41 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/019fa275-cb28-752e-94e2-24b99bc03579/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/a3bb7346-5ed4-49d8-9f72-8465fec0f4b2 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/therealtether.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.therealtether.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=therealtether.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/therealtether.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/therealtether.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 08:49:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] therealtether.com Active Generic Phishing Threat Analysis The domain therealtether.com has been identified as a high-risk phishing platform as of July 27, 2026. This domain currently resolves to IP address 185.158.133.1 and is configured with the following nameservers: ns1hwy.name.com, ns2fln.name.com, ns3fqs.name.com, and ns4jnz.name.com. Registration records show it was created on May 05, 2026, and it remains active at the time of reporting. Therealtether.com is registered through Name.com, Inc., a registrar commonly used across a variety of domain types, including both legitimate and malicious registrations. As of this analysis, two out of ninety-one security vendors on VirusTotal have flagged the domain as malicious, indicating that detection within the industry is present but not yet widespread. In addition to these detections, the domain is listed on one recognized security blocklist and is specifically blocked by PhishDestroy, further supporting its classification as a phishing threat. However, there is no available data regarding its HTTP status, SSL certificate, or site content, and the specific tactics or brand impersonation schemes employed on the site have not yet been analyzed. Given the limited number of detections and blocklist appearances, the domain may evade some automated defenses. Security teams are advised to implement network-level blocks for therealtether.com and monitor for any access attempts within their environments. Continued monitoring is recommended as threat actors may rapidly adjust infrastructure or techniques, and detection rates can increase as more feeds update their threat databases. All analysis is based on current intelligence; defenders should remain alert for further developments or additional related indicators. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-E4E2AD Favicon MD5: ee9cddbe8d1d7a79fd681ca2c35aecf3 TLS cert SHA-256: d010311d61090e66559a4706d8f4f57e63fd5686f079eafed2120221986a9f51 ## 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/therealtether.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=therealtether.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