# PhishDestroy threat dossier — balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-24 11:49:59 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Balancer ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (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: ["ezra.ns.cloudflare.com", "margot.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-04-21 Page title: Balancer: Customizable Multi-Token Liquidity Pools & Automated Portfolio Manager HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-07-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2ac1dbce5f74f965d37dc34e24c4a33ddca904fb2e1847b2cd554b712d136be4 ## 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: 2026-04-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-21 12:13:40 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-21 09:20:29 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-24 01:12:44 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019daf4f-d726-723c-af56-ff7132730e44/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/d996aa7a-468c-417f-887f-18f06e069a0d Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-21 12:14:08 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy has flagged balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org as an active brand impersonation scam designed to steal cryptocurrency by mimicking Balancer’s official liquidity-pool interface. Users who land on this fraudulent domain are presented with fake deposit forms that request wallet connections and seed phrases, enabling attackers to drain funds directly from victims’ wallets. The site’s layout closely mirrors Balancer’s branding to deceive even experienced users who may overlook subtle misspellings in the domain name. This domain was registered on October 09, 2025 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and resolved to IP address 188.114.97.3 at the time of analysis. Despite zero detections on VirusTotal as of the latest scan, the site remains active and poses an imminent threat to DeFi users seeking liquidity solutions. The presence of a Google Trust Services SSL certificate is misleading, as scammers increasingly weaponize legitimate-appearing certificates to build false trust. If you have visited balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org or entered any wallet credentials, disconnect your wallet from the site immediately and revoke any unauthorized permissions through your wallet’s connected-app settings. Transfer any remaining funds to a new wallet with a different seed phrase, and scan your device for malware using reputable antivirus software. Never re-use seed phrases across services, and verify all DeFi platforms by typing the official URL or using bookmarks created from the authentic Balancer website. Report this domain to your browser’s safe-browsing program and share this alert within your crypto community to prevent further victims. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260421-15DB97 Favicon MD5: 63ab6e3eb2e9e3cb51310677981eb986 TLS cert SHA-256: 2ac1dbce5f74f965d37dc34e24c4a33ddca904fb2e1847b2cd554b712d136be4 ## 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/balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=balancer-defi-liquidity-pools.org 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