PhishDestroy added apexcapitaltrade.net to its internal blocklist based on a VirusTotal assessment that highlighted 14 malicious vendor detections. The domain was first seen by PhishDestroy on 2026-10-21. The recorded page title reads "Smarter Trading with AI‑Powered Trading Platform — Apex Capital" and an HTTP 200 response was observed on that date.
How the scam works
The available detections indicate the site could be used for phishing or malware distribution, a common approach where attackers imitate financial services to lure users. No credential‑stealing forms, wallet‑draining code, or other specific malicious behavior were observed on the captured page, so the exact technique remains uncertain.
Evidence
VirusTotal scanned the domain on 2026-10-19 and reported 14 malicious and 4 suspicious detections from 92 engines, with vendors labeling it as phishing or malicious. Google Safe Browsing checked on 2026-10-21 and did not flag the site. Two urlscan analyses exist: the 2026-07-25 scan returned a clean verdict, while the 2026-10-21 scan showed a high engine score of 97 but an overall non‑malicious classification. Cloudflare Radar on 2026-10-21 marked the URL as malicious with malware and scam categories. OTX listed two pulses referencing the domain. PhishDestroy’s internal blocklist includes the domain, and external blocklists showed zero matches on the check date.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-06-14 through Dynadot Inc and was 128 days old at the time of capture. The recorded IP address is 158.94.210.119, associated with Omegatech LTD in the Netherlands. The site presented a Let's Encrypt TLS certificate valid from 2026-09-01 to 2026-11-30. Open ports observed were 22, 80 and 443. Nameservers are ns1.dyna-ns.net and ns2.dyna-ns.net, and DNSSEC was not enabled.
What to do
Visitors should avoid entering credentials, personal data, or downloading files from the site; if any information was submitted, change associated passwords and monitor accounts for unauthorized activity. Security teams should block apexcapitaltrade.net, review network logs for connections to the recorded IP, and apply a policy that restricts traffic to this exact address. Continue to monitor threat feeds for any updates on the domain.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 10월 21일score 93/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://apexcapitaltrade.net/
Favicon Hash
사건 ID
Observed page title
Smarter Trading with AI-Powered Trading Platform — Apex Capital
Automated brand references
AcrossChase
TLS 인증서
발급자 Let's Encrypt / YE2· stored validity ends in 39 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
158.94.210.119
Network ASN
AS202412
Organization
Omegatech LTD
Observed location
Amsterdam, NL
네임서버 2
ns1.dyna-ns.net
ns2.dyna-ns.net
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 인증서
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YE2
Valid from
2026-09-01 11:43:40
Valid until
2026-11-30 11:43:39
Hostname coverage
Stored certificate dates valid
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprinte531180cd67162452431398bd614f571055ae6935d99d1b561083ab4d2d48327Certificate names · 1 SANs
apexcapitaltrade.net
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
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After a phishing incident
피해자를 위한 권고 사항 및 조언
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
지금 당장 어떻게 해야 할까요?
긴급
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
모든 비밀번호 변경 — 이메일, 익스체인지 계정 등, 동일한 비밀번호를 사용하는 모든 것
2단계 인증 활성화 인증 앱(SMS 제외)을 사용합니다. SMS 기반 복구 기능을 비활성화하세요.
카드 동결 피싱 사이트에 은행 계좌 정보를 입력한 경우
보고서를 작성하기 위해 어떤 정보를 수집해야 할까요?
FBI 지침
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
정확한 날짜 및 시간 — 각 거래 내역 및 사기범과의 첫 접촉 시점
스크린샷 — 사기 웹사이트, 채팅 메시지, 이메일, 지갑 거래, 소셜 미디어
모든 URL 및 도메인 사기꾼이 사용한 (다음과 같은 것들을 포함하여 apexcapitaltrade.net)
커뮤니케이션 — 사기꾼이 사용한 이메일, 문자, 전화번호, 사용자 이름
비록 모든 세부 사항을 알지 못하더라도 — 어쨌든 신고를 하세요. 부분적인 정보라도 수사에 도움이 됩니다.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
지역 경찰 — 비록 당장 조치를 취할 수는 없더라도 공식 기록을 남깁니다
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
가짜 웹사이트 — 도메인을 약간만 변경한, 정식 사이트와 픽셀 단위로 완벽하게 일치하는 복제 사이트
pig butchering — Telegram·왓츠앱·데이트 앱을 통해 몇 주에 걸쳐 신뢰를 쌓은 뒤, 돈을 훔쳐갔다
회복 사기 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI를 이용한 사기 — 딥페이크, 자동화된 피싱, AI로 생성된 사이트 등으로 인해 사기 행각을 적발하기가 더 어려워지고 있다
앞으로 어떻게 하면 스스로를 지킬 수 있을까요?
공식 사이트 즐겨찾기 추가 — 이메일, DM 또는 광고에 포함된 링크는 절대 클릭하지 마세요
도메인 확인 — 확인하기 PhishDestroy 상호작용을 시작하기 전에 HTTPS, 맞춤법, 도메인 등록 기간을 확인하세요.
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
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