# PhishDestroy threat dossier — award-yieldusd.net ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-29 13:14:36 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/award-yieldusd.net/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: aave (and: across, base, compound, curve, discord) Wallet drainer: Wallet Connect Abuse ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 15/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.85.192 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 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: ines.ns.cloudflare.com, norman.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-12-02 Page title: Yield Dollar - Self-Custodial Yield-Generating Stablecoin HTTP response: 530 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2025-12-02 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2025-12-24 15:18:28 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-04-29 10:24:56 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-28 05:46:18 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019b50ef-d3cc-7760-ac4b-e13e200d82c2/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/award-yieldusd.net crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.award-yieldusd.net Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=award-yieldusd.net AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/award-yieldusd.net URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/award-yieldusd.net/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 00:06:12 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies award-yieldusd.net as a high-risk domain engaged in crypto drainer activities targeting users through Wallet Connect abuse tactics. This domain masqueraded as "Yield Dollar - Self-Custodial Yield-Generating Stablecoin," attempting to deceive victims into compromising their cryptocurrency wallets. Supporting evidence for this assessment includes multiple flags by Google Safe Browsing indicating social engineering threats, presence on three separate security blocklists, and detection by 17 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors. The domain was registered through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited on December 2, 2025, and resolved to IP address 104.21.85.192 during its active period. The infrastructure leveraged Wallet Connect abuse kits, a common method to drain victims’ crypto assets by exploiting wallet connection permissions. Currently, the domain award-yieldusd.net is offline, mitigating immediate risk. Users are advised to remain vigilant against similar self-custodial stablecoin scams and ensure wallet permissions are granted cautiously. PhishDestroy recommends continuous monitoring of suspicious crypto-related domains and prompt reporting of any unexpected wallet connection requests to prevent fund loss. The unique seed f07e85 underpins this detailed analysis, highlighting the ongoing threats in crypto phishing ecosystems. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon SHA-256: 907ba78b4545338d3539683e63ecb51cf51c10adc9dabd86e92bd52339f298b9 ## 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/award-yieldusd.net/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=award-yieldusd.net 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