# PhishDestroy threat dossier — tropical-caaffe.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-30 16:10:43 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tropical-caaffe.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.128.73 (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: nicolas.ns.cloudflare.com, norah.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-24 Expires: 2027-07-24 Page title: Tropical Smoothie Cafe HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 94a9818a0ea7efde98bc51b2adeae6f18cbcd8b77d29c62962a49a97a3fc82dc ## 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: 2026-07-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-28 19:51:41 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-30 16:20:22 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa9dc-1da8-705d-afd4-88186a43fc55/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/tropical-caaffe.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.tropical-caaffe.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=tropical-caaffe.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/tropical-caaffe.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/tropical-caaffe.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-28 19:55:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Tropical-Caaffe.com: Active Fake Retail Checkout Phishing Site Analysis of tropical-caaffe.com reveals a recently established phishing domain targeting online shoppers with fraudulent checkout pages. The domain was registered on July 24, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It currently resolves to IP address 172.67.128.73, hosted on Cloudflare infrastructure, which is commonly used to obscure the true origin of malicious sites. The nameservers, nicolas.ns.cloudflare.com and norah.ns.cloudflare.com, further confirm Cloudflare's involvement in the domain's DNS configuration. As of July 28, 2026, the domain appears on one security blocklist, specifically PhishDestroy, indicating active detection by at least one major threat intelligence provider. VirusTotal reports that 2 out of 91 security vendors have flagged the domain, suggesting early but growing recognition of its malicious nature. The domain remains active, with no evidence of takedown or remediation efforts. Infrastructure analysis indicates the use of Cloudflare's content delivery network, which may hinder direct IP-based blocking and complicate forensic investigations. The lack of additional context, such as the specific brand being impersonated or the exact phishing kit in use, limits the ability to attribute this campaign to a known threat actor or group. However, the domain's recent registration and rapid inclusion on blocklists align with typical phishing domain lifecycle patterns. Defenders should treat tropical-caaffe.com as a high-risk domain and implement immediate blocking at the DNS, IP, and URL levels. Network security teams are advised to monitor for connections to 172.67.128.73 and the associated Cloudflare nameservers, as these may indicate compromised endpoints or ongoing phishing activity. Given the domain's active status and early detection by security vendors, further monitoring for related infrastructure or similar domains registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 94a9818a0ea7efde98bc51b2adeae6f18cbcd8b77d29c62962a49a97a3fc82dc ## 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/tropical-caaffe.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=tropical-caaffe.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: 195,932 domains (83,630 alive under monitoring, 110,042 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io