# PhishDestroy threat dossier — verify-moonpay.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-22 04:49:01 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/verify-moonpay.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.210.195 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Ultahost, Inc. Nameservers: adelaide.ns.cloudflare.com, algin.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-10 Expires: 2027-07-10 Page title: Important Security Update - MoonPay HTTP response: 502 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-08 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: c234cc1036ee0a7b17d86b9f44eb4b0cb3b7737ca68094a04d0c4acae0648285 ## 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: 2026-07-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-14 20:03:57 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-14 18:05:37 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-22 04:20:22 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-21 03:52:06 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f61cc-102e-77a8-ad2c-9964bb722bb6/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/3ddcbca2-c60f-4635-a6ef-8f18c69815bf Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/verify-moonpay.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.verify-moonpay.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=verify-moonpay.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/verify-moonpay.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/verify-moonpay.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-14 20:20:26 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] verify-moonpay.com: Confirmed Credential Phishing Site Analysis of verify-moonpay.com shows an active credential‑phishing infrastructure targeting users of the MoonPay brand. The domain was registered on July 10 2026 through Ultahost, Inc., and resolves to the Cloudflare‑hosted address 172.67.210.195. HTTP requests return a 200 status code and the page title “Important Security Update – MoonPay” is served, indicating an attempt to masquerade as an official security notice. The domain is delegated to the Cloudflare nameservers adelaide.ns.cloudflare.com and algin.ns.cloudflare.com, a common pattern for fast‑flux or CDN‑based phishing sites. VirusTotal analysis recorded three positive detections out of 91 scanned security vendors, reinforcing the malicious classification. While the exact content of the landing page has not been captured, the combination of recent registration, brand‑specific title, and positive threat intelligence points to a high‑risk credential‑phishing campaign. Defenders should block DNS resolution for verify-moonpay.com, monitor outbound traffic for connections to 172.67.210.195, and update email and web filters to flag communications referencing the “Important Security Update – MoonPay” phrasing. Continued observation is advised to capture any payloads or credential‑harvesting forms that may be deployed. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260714-E7CA2E TLS cert SHA-256: c234cc1036ee0a7b17d86b9f44eb4b0cb3b7737ca68094a04d0c4acae0648285 ## 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/verify-moonpay.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=verify-moonpay.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: 187,720 domains (57,297 alive under monitoring, 128,779 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io