# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vestaminers.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 08:53:31 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vestaminers.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 72/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Lionic, Sophos, Webroot AlienVault OTX: 3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 204.188.228.8 Registrar: Atak Domain Nameservers: no, name, server, ns1.site4now.net, ns2.site4now.net, ns3.site4now.net Registered: 2025-01-13 Expires: 2027-01-13 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-10-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 62f50a31d11734b01cec9baecabc1a2e707fa9d1831ffbbdc93f7cd40e71d3c9 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.vestaminers.com ## 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: 2025-01-13 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 08:58:26 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-27 10:00:31 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa27a-59bb-7699-8e32-8c43facc96f4/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vestaminers.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vestaminers.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vestaminers.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vestaminers.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vestaminers.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 09:00:29 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] vestaminers.com generic phishing campaign – high risk The domain vestaminers.com was registered on January 13 2025 via Atak Domain. Its authoritative name servers are ns1.site4now.net, ns2.site4now.net, and ns3.site4now.net, which are commonly used by disposable hosting services. The domain resolves to the IPv4 address 204.188.228.8, an IP that currently hosts no known legitimate services and is listed by PhishDestroy as malicious. The domain appears on a single public security blocklist and has been flagged by PhishDestroy, indicating active abuse. VirusTotal scans show that 11 of 91 security engines have raised detections against the domain, reinforcing the suspicion of malicious activity. No public evidence of SSL certificates, HTTP response codes, page titles, or brand targeting has been disclosed, so the exact content and lure employed by the site remain unverified. The lack of a known safe browsing verdict or additional blocklist listings suggests limited but growing exposure. Defenders should immediately block vestaminers.com at the DNS level and consider denying traffic to its hosting IP 204.188.228.8. In environments where outbound filtering is applied, adding the domain and its IP to URL filtering and intrusion prevention signatures will reduce the risk of credential harvesting. Continuous monitoring of the name servers and the IP for any changes in hosting or additional detection signals is recommended. Organizations should also review email gateway logs for attempts to reference vestaminers.com, as the domain is associated with a generic phishing campaign. Updating threat intelligence feeds with this indicator will help propagate the warning across security controls. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: e799679fb96749158241b8d61c2c57aa TLS cert SHA-256: 62f50a31d11734b01cec9baecabc1a2e707fa9d1831ffbbdc93f7cd40e71d3c9 ## 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/vestaminers.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vestaminers.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: 204,115 domains (79,537 alive under monitoring, 123,547 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io