# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vertex-capital.live
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Fetched:   2026-05-01 20:37:21 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vertex-capital.live/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 74/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Targeted brand: across (and: ethereum, ledger)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Kaspersky, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      15.235.54.156 (CA, Beauharnois)
ASN:             ASAS16276 OVH OVH SAS, FR
Hosting org:     AS16276 OVH SAS
Registrar:       Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu
Nameservers:     ["ina1.registrar.eu", "ina2.registrar.eu", "ina3.registrar.eu"]
Page title:      vertex-capital | CFD Trading — Trading on Stocks, Gold, Oil, Indices

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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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First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-08-10 02:00:54 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-26 02:54:51 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-24 20:23:01 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/019891af-a0da-72a8-a595-bf3efa275943/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/vertex-capital.live
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vertex-capital.live
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vertex-capital.live
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vertex-capital.live
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vertex-capital.live/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:30:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies vertex-capital.live as a generic phishing threat, posing potential risks to users looking to trade CFDs on stocks, gold, oil, and indices. Phishing sites like this aim to deceive users into divulging sensitive information, which can lead to financial loss and identity theft.

The domain vertex-capital.live resolved to IP address 15.235.54.156 and was registered through Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu. Despite being flagged by only 2 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal and appearing on three security blocklists, the domain has been taken offline, reducing immediate risk but highlighting its suspicious nature.

Users are advised to avoid visiting vertex-capital.live or submitting any personal or financial information. Always verify the legitimacy of trading platforms through official channels and trusted sources. If you suspect you have interacted with this domain, consider monitoring your accounts for unusual activity and updating your security credentials promptly.

## 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/vertex-capital.live/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vertex-capital.live
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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