# PhishDestroy threat dossier — treehope.cc
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Fetched:   2026-07-17 18:35:16 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/treehope.cc/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, LevelBlue
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      72.244.91.137 (US, Los Angeles)
ASN:             AS393437 KLAYER LLC
Hosting org:     Klayer LLC
Registrar:       Dominet (HK) Limited
Nameservers:     ns1.domainnamens.com, ns2.domainnamens.com
Registered:      2026-07-12
Expires:         2027-07-12
Page title:      USDC Savings

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-10-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: d4eb37f635738542789b0916727b58ba55594102d5b5fcf28589ab73bb7421e5

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-07-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-17 17:32:13 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-17 15:38:08 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-17 20:25:12 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f70b3-7f3f-77da-a194-ee5ee710cad9/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/26a6d5e1-4d65-4aaf-befb-e881c1496138
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/treehope.cc
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.treehope.cc
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=treehope.cc
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/treehope.cc
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/treehope.cc/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-17 17:40:33 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

treehope.cc was registered on 12 July 2026 via Dominet (HK) Limited. The domain uses the public name servers ns1.domainnamens.com and ns2.domainnamens.com and currently resolves to the IPv4 address 72.244.91.137. VirusTotal analysis shows that four of ninety‑one security vendors have flagged the domain as malicious, indicating a low‑to‑moderate detection consensus. The domain is classified as a generic phishing site and remains active as of the report date. No additional infrastructure such as additional IPs, CDN services, or SSL certificates has been observed. The short lifespan of the domain, combined with the presence of a Hong Kong registrar and the use of generic name‑server providers, is consistent with fast‑flux or throwaway phishing operations. At this time, no public content, page titles, or targeted brands have been disclosed, so the exact lure employed by the site cannot be confirmed. Defenders should treat the domain as high‑risk: block outbound and inbound traffic to 72.244.91.137, add treehope.cc to URL filtering and email security policies, and monitor DNS queries for the domain’s name servers. Continuous re‑scanning on VirusTotal and periodic WHOIS checks are recommended to detect any changes in registration or hosting that could affect threat posture.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260717-301E22
TLS cert SHA-256:      d4eb37f635738542789b0916727b58ba55594102d5b5fcf28589ab73bb7421e5

## 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/treehope.cc/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=treehope.cc
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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