Is apocalypse.markets safe?
http://apocalypse.markets/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Darknet-style marketplace asking visitors to fund crypto wallets and buy listings
Apocalypse Market describes itself as a multivendor marketplace launched in September 2022, and an outside directory calls it a darknet marketplace with listings that include illegal items. The site names no operator and shows no contact email. One antivirus family flagged it. Because it is an unregulated, anonymous marketplace for potentially illegal goods, the score is very low even though Safe Browsing and TLS checks are clean.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 12/100
Dangerous covers scores 1–20. 3 findings pulled the score down; 1 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Strong1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
- MinorThe site is described as a darknet marketplace with illegal items among its listings.
- MinorNo contact email or operator identity was found on the captured page.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsSafe Browsing showed no warning and TLS is valid.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
Apocalypse Market describes itself as a multivendor marketplace launched in September 2022, and an outside directory calls it a darknet marketplace with listings that include illegal items. The site names no operator and shows no contact email. One antivirus family flagged it. Because it is an unregulated, anonymous marketplace for potentially illegal goods, the score is very low even though Safe Browsing and TLS checks are clean.
Clean technical checks do not make the operator safe
The browser threat feed showed no warning and the TLS connection is valid. These only mean no detections, not that the marketplace is safe to use.
One antivirus family reported an adverse result, and no direct contact email is on the captured page. The domain is about 323 days old, while the site claims to have launched in 2022, so this domain may be a newer mirror of an older service.
The site says it is for informational and educational purposes and does not facilitate illegal activity. An outside directory describes it as a darknet marketplace with illegal items among its listings, so that disclaimer is hard to reconcile with the evidence.
Why the score is 12
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
3/ 92
detectionsSaved analysis from October 2, 2026 - stale
3 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 2
- Total
- 92
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
| URLQuerySuspicious | suspicious |
All 92 engine results
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- URLQuery - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Clean
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Unrated
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Unrated
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Unrated
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Dr.Webdrugs
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Apocalypse Market - Secure Darknet Marketplace | Official Onion URL
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Apocalypse Market - Secure Darknet Marketplace | Official Onion URL
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Apocalypse Market - Secure Darknet Marketplace | Official Onion URL
- Meta description
Apocalypse Market official site. Access via onion: http://apocam5miqqb7xtstfoft6hvoowhomxacaczoqsvexiku3dun26bakid.onion. Secure marketplace since 2022.
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Apocalypse Market - Secure Darknet Marketplace | Official Onion URL
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Shop
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The site is described as a darknet marketplace with illegal items among its listings.
- 02No contact email or operator identity was found on the captured page.
What this means for you
What a visitor is asked to do
Visitors are told to create an account and then fund a wallet.
How the observed mechanism works
The evidence-backed path
Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.
Vendors are told to pay a $300 bond. The site also links out to dauntlink.org and to Monero wallet software at getmonero.org.
Avoid this site. Do not create an account, send cryptocurrency or pay any bond, since the operator is anonymous and the marketplace is linked to illegal goods.
Web research findings
Independent findings for apocalypse.markets, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for apocalypse.markets. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainapocalypse.markets
- Redirects toapocalypse.markets
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
- Referencesdauntlink.org · getmonero.org
Domain Timeline
- Dec 1, 2025Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 10 months old when this review was saved.
- Oct 21, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for apocalypse.markets.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://apocalypse.markets/
- 2200https://apocalypse.markets/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
The site is described as a darknet marketplace with illegal items among its listings. · No contact email or operator identity was found on the captured page.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 3 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 21, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 21, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 21, 2026 |
| Independent research | 1 independent finding was saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 21, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result3 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Oct 2, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 21, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 21, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 21, 2026
- Independent research
- Result1 independent finding was saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 21, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Darknet-style marketplace asking visitors to fund crypto wallets and buy listings
Apocalypse Market describes itself as a multivendor marketplace launched in September 2022, and an outside directory calls it a darknet marketplace with listings that include illegal items. The site names no operator and shows no contact email. One antivirus family flagged it. Because it is an unregulated, anonymous marketplace for potentially illegal goods, the score is very low even though Safe Browsing and TLS checks are clean.
09 · Community
Community
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