# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ai-rewards.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-23 20:03:55 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ai-rewards.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.8.62 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: dilbert.ns.cloudflare.com, isabel.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-20 Expires: 2027-07-20 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 833e97c4b567e6215e5a54bc58b8acd552a0b6a06f7062193e14d841461761fa ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-07-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-23 15:55:42 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-23 14:21:56 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-23 20:20:21 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f8f42-6d75-713a-a308-4d77248b3605/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/3c0a8de8-eab0-4feb-8263-a200165961f0 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ai-rewards.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ai-rewards.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ai-rewards.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ai-rewards.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ai-rewards.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-23 15:57:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] ai-rewards.xyz Credential Harvesting Campaign Detected The domain ai-rewards.xyz was registered on July 20, 2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and is presently active. DNS resolution points to the IP address 104.21.8.62, which is part of a Cloudflare‑operated network, and the authoritative nameservers are dilbert.ns.cloudflare.com and isabel.ns.cloudflare.com. VirusTotal analysis shows that three out of ninety‑one security vendors have flagged the domain, indicating a moderate level of detection confidence. The domain is listed on a single security blocklist and is explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy service, reinforcing the assessment that it is being used for malicious purposes. The threat classification supplied is generic phishing, suggesting that the site is likely being leveraged to harvest credentials or personal data, although the exact landing page content and page title have not yet been examined. No additional intelligence such as Safe Browsing status, Open Threat Exchange indicators, SSL certificate details, or HTTP response codes is currently available. Defenders should prioritize the immediate blocking of ai-rewards.xyz at DNS and proxy layers, monitor traffic to the associated IP 104.21.8.62 for anomalous patterns, and consider adding the domain to internal blocklists. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as further analysis of the site’s content and any associated infrastructure could reveal additional indicators of compromise. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260723-E00F08 TLS cert SHA-256: 833e97c4b567e6215e5a54bc58b8acd552a0b6a06f7062193e14d841461761fa ## 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/ai-rewards.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ai-rewards.xyz 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: 188,947 domains (58,596 alive under monitoring, 128,729 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io