# PhishDestroy threat dossier — zepowex.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-01 13:36:02 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/zepowex.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE — previously flagged dead but abuse reports still being filed (likely resurrected or never truly dead) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Social Media Phishing Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_divergence) (score: 1/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft URLQuery: 2 detections ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: Global Domain Group LLC Nameservers: kayleigh.ns.cloudflare.com, max.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-04 HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-06-11 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: e96b4a30d473b709880bd36749d46cf9219caf1889a1b0b07ddc3125192466f1 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED AND IGNORED — Global Domain Group LLC did not act on these notifications. Domain was flagged dead on 2026-04-10 17:43:01 UTC but a fresh report was filed on 2026-04-17 08:14:52 UTC — it is back or never truly suspended. Reports filed: 1 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-04-17 08:14:52 UTC Days since first notice: 14 — 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/zepowex.com/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-05 00:10:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-04 21:16:37 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-27 12:47:27 UTC Flagged dead: 2026-04-10 17:43:01 UTC (SUPERSEDED — fresh report filed after this date, see ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY) Current status: ACTIVE (flagged dead but resurrected — registrar did not act on fresh reports) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d5a53-6c2d-741c-ae12-6ddd6174190d/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/9f532888-924d-48c0-8ea3-131485d2bf3f Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/zepowex.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.zepowex.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=zepowex.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/zepowex.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/zepowex.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-05 00:11:53 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies zepowex.com as a crypto wallet drainer phishing domain currently under active investigation for potential credential harvesting and fund theft targeting cryptocurrency users. This domain leverages deceptive naming to impersonate legitimate crypto-related services, likely designed to trick victims into connecting wallet extensions or submitting private keys. No specific drainer kit or branded spoofing has been confirmed yet, but the domain’s behavior aligns with wallet-draining campaigns observed in 2025-2026, which typically involve fake wallet login pages or malicious browser extension prompts. The infrastructure is provisioned to facilitate rapid deployment and abuse, with a focus on evading early detection through low initial detection signatures. This domain resolves to IP 188.114.96.3 and was registered on March 13, 2026, through Global Domain Group LLC, a registrar with historically low abuse oversight. As of the latest scan, VirusTotal reports 0 detections (0/95 engines), indicating low signature-based detection despite active malicious intent. The domain holds a valid SSL certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt, which may be used to add false legitimacy to phishing pages. It has not yet been flagged by Google Safe Browsing (GSB status pending) and remains unblocked across major threat intelligence networks at this time. The current status of zepowex.com is active and under investigation by PhishDestroy’s crypto fraud unit. Immediate response actions include domain sinkholing, IP takedown coordination with hosting providers, and signature generation for antivirus and browser-based phishing filters. While technical controls are being deployed, the risk remains elevated due to zero current detection and the domain’s recent creation. Users are strongly advised to avoid interacting with zepowex.com, verify all crypto-related URLs via official channels, and report any suspicious wallet connection prompts. Remaining risk is classified as medium-high pending further forensic analysis and takedown execution. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 1/94 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260404-B5BBE3 Favicon MD5: 936386e361020ac6bcebbcc772491fbb TLS cert SHA-256: e96b4a30d473b709880bd36749d46cf9219caf1889a1b0b07ddc3125192466f1 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/zepowex.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=zepowex.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io