# PhishDestroy threat dossier — acrossprotocol.live
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Fetched:   2026-07-30 06:29:55 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/acrossprotocol.live/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Crypto Scam
Targeted brand: Across Protocol (and: ethereum, revolut)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      7/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Across Protocol: Revolutionizing Cross-Chain Transactions

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: CLOSED — no report required.
This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either
the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the
operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file
for audit but no formal notice was sent.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:24:29 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:24:29 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-30 04:21:03 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-08 05:13:46 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/0198d8e7-abcd-7375-83d9-b993eba2cdec/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/697dc29a-df40-4d0c-9782-ed8745a8ea27
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/acrossprotocol.live
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.acrossprotocol.live
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=acrossprotocol.live
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/acrossprotocol.live
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/acrossprotocol.live/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-24 15:40:47 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Warning: acrossprotocol.live brand impersonation scam

Analysis of the domain acrossprotocol.live indicates a targeted brand‑impersonation campaign aimed at the cryptocurrency project Across Protocol. The site was registered on February 21, 2026 and presently resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3, which is owned by Cloudflare, Inc. (AS13335) and geolocated in the United States. The SSL certificate presented is identified as WE1, but no further certificate details are disclosed.

The page title returned from the live snapshot reads "Across Protocol: Revolutionizing Cross-Chain Transactions," directly mirroring the legitimate brand’s messaging and confirming the impersonation intent. VirusTotal scans show that seven out of ninety‑five security vendors flagged the domain as malicious, suggesting a moderate detection confidence across scanning engines. The domain appears on one external security blocklist and has been actively blocked by the PhishDestroy service, reinforcing its classification as a crypto‑scam vector.

Current HTTP status reports the site as taken offline, yet the infrastructure components—including the Cloudflare IP and the SSL certificate—remain active and could be re‑used for future campaigns. Defenders should immediately add acrossprotocol.live to network deny lists, monitor DNS queries for the associated IP, and enforce web‑filter rules that block any content matching the observed page title. Continuous threat‑intel feeds should be consulted for potential re‑hosting or new variants that reuse the same branding or hosting assets.

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/acrossprotocol.live/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=acrossprotocol.live
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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