# PhishDestroy threat dossier — web3-connect.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 05:34:25 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/web3-connect.org/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 13/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 4 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 102.212.247.156 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 Registered: 2026-04-21 Page title: Home - WEB3 CONNECT - A crypto buy and sell marketplace HTTP response: 302 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED AND IGNORED — NameSilo, LLC did not act on these notifications. Domain still online. Reports filed: 1 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-07-27 06:13:27 UTC Days since first notice: 1 — no registrar action, domain remains online ICANN Compliance CC'd on at least one escalation — non-response is on record. Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds, OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent. Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies. Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/web3-connect.org/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 06:14:13 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 04:13:27 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-27 06:50:18 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa1c6-7abb-736a-8f46-70bb98d40863/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/web3-connect.org crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.web3-connect.org Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=web3-connect.org AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/web3-connect.org URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/web3-connect.org/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 06:15:05 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] web3-connect.org leveraged in high‑risk phishing attack The domain web3-connect.org was registered on 21 April 2026 through NameSilo, LLC. Within weeks of its creation it began appearing on multiple abuse‑blocking feeds; four independent blocklists (PhishDestroy, Polkadot, Enkrypt and Codeesura) have already listed it as malicious. VirusTotal reports that 13 of 91 scanned security engines flag the domain as suspicious, indicating a moderate level of consensus among automated scanners. No publicly available information on the underlying hosting provider, IP address, autonomous system number, SSL certificate details, or HTTP response codes has been published, limiting the ability to attribute the infrastructure to a specific operator. Likewise, Safe Browsing status, Open Threat Exchange (OTX) entries, and page‑title metadata have not been disclosed, so defenders cannot rely on those vectors for early detection. The current risk assessment is high because the domain is actively leveraged in a phishing campaign targeting users of Web3‑related services, as inferred from the domain name and the rapid inclusion on several anti‑phishing feeds. Defensive teams should immediately add web3-connect.org to URL filtering rules, block it at perimeter firewalls, and incorporate the domain into endpoint web‑traffic monitoring policies. Where possible, threat‑intel platforms should be queried for any newly observed IPs or TLS fingerprints associated with the domain, and analysts should monitor the four blocklists for updates that may reveal additional infrastructure details. Continuous review of VirusTotal submissions is recommended to capture any change in detection ratios, which could indicate modifications to the payload or hosting environment. Until more concrete hosting evidence emerges, a precautionary block and heightened user awareness alert remain the most effective mitigations. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1785125601-web3-connect.or Favicon MD5: e6bd6ddfaa17f736ecd7f570827b3486 ## 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/web3-connect.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=web3-connect.org 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: 202,849 domains (78,271 alive under monitoring, 123,547 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io