# PhishDestroy threat dossier — txdex.net
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Fetched:   2026-06-26 01:43:33 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/txdex.net/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: MetaMask

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ESET, Kaspersky, Netcraft
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameSilo, LLC

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!!
NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about
received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com)
for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our
X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence.
Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket —
NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received.
Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter
  https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed

Nameservers:     marge.ns.cloudflare.com, sean.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-17
Expires:         2027-06-17

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-15
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: b99feba08d8a1497267ddbda5247eeed04303e1617fd3eff307c33d2aaceb264

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-06-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-22 19:12:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-26 00:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-23 00:01:45 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ef050-9768-73f6-87a4-fc4d9cd553a9/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/txdex.net
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.txdex.net
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=txdex.net
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/txdex.net
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/txdex.net/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 07:28:01 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain txdex.net, impersonating MetaMask, has a high threat score of 85/100 and is currently down. It has been flagged as malicious by 3 out of 95 security vendors, including ESET, Kaspersky, and Netcraft, and is listed on 3 public blocklists. Despite this, Google Safe Browsing has not flagged the domain.

Registered with NameSilo, LLC, txdex.net was created on June 17, 2026, and first seen on June 22, 2026. The domain is hosted on IP 188.114.96.3. Given its high threat score and confirmed phishing activity, block the domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar's abuse desk.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      b99feba08d8a1497267ddbda5247eeed04303e1617fd3eff307c33d2aaceb264

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/txdex.net/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=txdex.net
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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