# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vertexcharts.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-08-01 01:28:11 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vertexcharts.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: investmentscam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: CRDF, ESET, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: emerson.ns.cloudflare.com, suzanne.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-01-15 Expires: 2027-01-15 Page title: VertexCharts HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-29 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 124072f0b57044a6512fad7c1a0232b771df09feea170708e6768d91ece4ea03 ## 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: 2025-01-15 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 09:00:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-08-01 00:54:32 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa27a-2db3-740c-b6fd-900214d6549e/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vertexcharts.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vertexcharts.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vertexcharts.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vertexcharts.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vertexcharts.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 09:01:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is vertexcharts.com a Phishing Site? Analysis as of July 27, 2026 indicates that the domain vertexcharts.com is actively being used in a generic phishing campaign. The domain was registered on January 15, 2025 through Cloudflare, Inc., and its authoritative DNS records are hosted on emerson.ns.cloudflare.com and suzanne.ns.cloudflare.com. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 188.114.96.3, which remains reachable and is associated with the same Cloudflare hosting infrastructure. VirusTotal has recorded three positive detections out of ninety‑one scanned security vendors, confirming that at least a subset of anti‑malware products have flagged the domain as malicious. The domain also appears on a public blocklist and is specifically listed by the PhishDestroy service, reinforcing its classification as a phishing resource. The current operational status is reported as active, and the risk level assigned by the source intelligence is high. Because the domain is actively resolving and is already listed by multiple defensive feeds, security teams should consider immediate containment actions. Recommended mitigations include adding vertexcharts.com and its resolving IP address 188.114.96.3 to network‑level deny lists, updating web‑proxy and DNS filtering policies to block requests, and ensuring that endpoint protection solutions are refreshed to incorporate the latest signatures that detect the three reported vendor detections. Continuous monitoring of the domain’s DNS records and any changes to its hosting configuration is advised, as Cloudflare‑based domains can be repointed quickly. Analysts should also track any new submissions to VirusTotal or other malware sandboxes that reference vertexcharts.com, as additional detections may emerge that further clarify the payload or credential‑harvesting techniques employed. Until a definitive takedown occurs, the domain should be treated as hostile and excluded from trusted browsing lists. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: ef0811b81974dcd96d0a195128a4e95f TLS cert SHA-256: 124072f0b57044a6512fad7c1a0232b771df09feea170708e6768d91ece4ea03 ## 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/vertexcharts.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vertexcharts.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: 196,233 domains (101,036 alive under monitoring, 27,265 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io