# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cakepay.site
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Fetched:   2026-07-26 19:07:21 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cakepay.site/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      178.16.53.154 (NL, Amsterdam)
ASN:             AS202412 Omegatech LTD
Hosting org:     Omegatech LTD
Registrar:       Spaceship, Inc.
Nameservers:     ns1.gcorelabs.net, ns2.gcdn.services
Registered:      2026-05-25
Expires:         2027-05-25
Page title:      Cake Pay | CakePay Gift Cards, Crypto Spending & Privacy
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-10-23
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 503a6de353b6a2df23e64d8fac9c59d6e1495a081dc7de6b01feae7c50098b9e
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.cakepay.site

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-05-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-26 00:17:16 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-25 22:18:19 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-26 20:46:20 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f9b59-98ad-716a-984c-78bfe7bd8474/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/069356e8-0b7e-4321-b5e8-384be935a884
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/cakepay.site
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cakepay.site
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cakepay.site
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cakepay.site
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cakepay.site/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-26 00:19:37 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Is cakepay.site a Phishing Site?

The domain cakepay.site was registered on May 25, 2026 through the registrar Spaceship, Inc. It is hosted on the IP address 178.16.53.154 and delegated to the authoritative nameservers ns1.gcorelabs.net and ns2.gcdn.services. As of the report date, the domain remains active and is classified as a generic phishing threat with a high risk rating. Infrastructure analysis shows that the domain is present on three security blocklists and has been explicitly blocked by the phishing mitigation services PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, indicating that multiple protective platforms have observed malicious activity originating from this host.

VirusTotal scans have recorded eight positive detections out of ninety‑one security vendors, confirming that a subset of scanning engines have identified the domain as malicious. The available intelligence does not include a page title, SSL certificate details, HTTP status code, or content analysis, so the exact phishing lure and any associated brand impersonation remain unknown.

Defenders should treat cakepay.site as hostile infrastructure: network firewalls and DNS resolvers ought to deny or sinkhole queries for the domain, endpoint security suites should be updated to include the domain and its IP address in blocklists, and traffic monitoring tools should alert on any outbound connections to 178.16.53.154. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as additional detections or content disclosures may emerge, but the current evidence already warrants immediate preventive action.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260725-83CF04
Favicon MD5:       31e770b1cd8923d05ff1f8c06c650335
TLS cert SHA-256:      503a6de353b6a2df23e64d8fac9c59d6e1495a081dc7de6b01feae7c50098b9e

## 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/cakepay.site/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cakepay.site
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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