# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vantage-tw.ac ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-25 14:44:10 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vantage-tw.ac/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 80/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Investment Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, SOCRadar, Sophos AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US 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: lloyd.ns.cloudflare.com, monroe.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-01 Expires: 2027-05-01 Page title: Vantage: One-Stop Global Investment Platform | Forex | Commodities | Stocks | Indices | Cryptocurrencies | Gold | Oil ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-07-30 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 030050047c11126bd4bed3df9a24f0bef47fdd14279d048bb0618edfaa0043e4 ## 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: 2026-05-01 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-23 19:00:55 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-25 16:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-25 03:04:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ef56c-0853-71ee-889c-8dca62a45dcd/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vantage-tw.ac crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vantage-tw.ac Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vantage-tw.ac AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vantage-tw.ac URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vantage-tw.ac/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-24 14:56:28 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain vantage-tw.ac is a live site with a critical threat score of 90/100, presenting itself as a generic phishing operation. It has been flagged as malicious by 5 out of 95 security vendors, including recognizable names such as Sophos and Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, and is listed on 3 public blocklists. Google Safe Browsing has not flagged this domain, indicating it may still be operating under the radar. Registered with NameSilo, LLC, the domain was created on May 1, 2026, and first seen on June 23, 2026. The hosting IP address is 188.114.97.3, which may also warrant further investigation due to its association with this active threat. Immediate action is required: block the domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar's abuse desk to mitigate potential risks. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 6cb6eeac9520578105a76ede9377b2fd TLS cert SHA-256: 030050047c11126bd4bed3df9a24f0bef47fdd14279d048bb0618edfaa0043e4 ## 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/vantage-tw.ac/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vantage-tw.ac 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: 169,966 domains (16,054 alive under monitoring, 153,570 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io