# PhishDestroy threat dossier — app-velodrome.finance ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-28 15:34:13 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/app-velodrome.finance/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 55/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, SOCRadar ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (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: ["terry.ns.cloudflare.com", "ximena.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-04-14 Expires: 2026-09-08 Page title: www.www.app-velodrome.finance ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-14 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-14 18:20:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-23 03:14:29 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-14 18:36:06 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d8c94-63af-701d-bd58-81198d26e658/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/app-velodrome.finance crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.app-velodrome.finance Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=app-velodrome.finance AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/app-velodrome.finance URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/app-velodrome.finance/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-14 18:22:01 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies app-velodrome.finance as an active crypto drainer domain impersonating Velodrome Finance, a legitimate decentralized exchange on Optimism. This fraudulent site uses a double-www prefix (www.www.app-velodrome.finance) to mimic official branding and harvests wallet credentials or directly drains tokens from unwitting users. The domain was registered on September 8, 2025 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently abused in low-effort domain squatting campaigns. Traffic is routed through Cloudflare IP 188.114.96.3, a known anonymization endpoint, and secured with a Google Trust Services SSL certificate—a tactic to appear legitimate at a glance. Security telemetry confirms elevated risk: only 1 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors currently flags this domain, underscoring the lag between takedown and detection. This low detection rate highlights how quickly new impersonation domains can fly under the radar, especially when paired with reputable SSL issuers and cloud infrastructure. The domain’s recent creation date and clean historical record make it particularly dangerous for users searching for the real Velodrome Finance platform. If you visited app-velodrome.finance or entered any wallet credentials, disconnect your wallet from dApps immediately, revoke any suspicious token approvals via tools like revoke.cash, and transfer remaining assets to a new wallet. Scan your device for malware and consider reporting the domain to your browser provider and Velodrome Finance’s official channels. Do not interact with this domain further—block it at the network level if possible and warn others in the Velodrome community. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 3eefa31157c53e9ce7cd7093335b9f70 ## 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/app-velodrome.finance/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=app-velodrome.finance 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