# PhishDestroy threat dossier — tradestone-search.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-01 22:47:51 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tradestone-search.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. 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: brynne.ns.cloudflare.com, kobe.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-16 Expires: 2027-06-16 Page title: Tradestone Search — Quant & Systematic Executive Search · London ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-14 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8fa7f7b9e6ab9b8d43b853f4d59c91dcaf7ab21c09ab1faff491ed1596ab6a08 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 16:10:55 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-02 00:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:18:17 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0e90-6a39-71ba-9186-be82f5472643/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/tradestone-search.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.tradestone-search.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=tradestone-search.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/tradestone-search.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/tradestone-search.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 16:16:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain tradestone-search.com has been identified as a potential threat type associated with credential theft. This domain mimics a corporate entity under the name Tradestone Search and is purportedly involved in executive recruitment. There is no indication of any drainer kit associated with this domain. The brand impersonation could lead to social engineering attempts targeting users seeking job opportunities. Technical indicators for tradestone-search.com include a VirusTotal score of 1/95, indicating that only one out of ninety-five security vendors has flagged this domain. The domain was registered on June 16, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3. The current status is active, and the domain has a GSB trust score of 0/100, suggesting it is deemed highly untrustworthy. Currently, this domain does not appear to be on any known threat blocklists, but the low trust score raises significant concerns regarding its legitimacy and potential malicious intent. As of now, tradestone-search.com remains active and poses a high risk for individuals and organizations. Users should exercise extreme caution and refrain from interacting with this domain. Continuous monitoring and threat intelligence gathering are recommended to track any changes in behavior or new indicators of compromise. Strengthening user awareness training around social engineering and phishing impersonation techniques can also help mitigate risks associated with this domain. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 1/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: c6dc40b62f11c78f3fb8565d6d4d170b TLS cert SHA-256: 8fa7f7b9e6ab9b8d43b853f4d59c91dcaf7ab21c09ab1faff491ed1596ab6a08 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tradestone-search.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=tradestone-search.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 173,583 domains (13,714 alive under monitoring, 159,163 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io