# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cardstrust.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 02:22:30 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cardstrust.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: wallet_connect_phish Targeted brand: mastercard (and: trust wallet, trustwallet, ups, visa) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 16/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Ermes, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot URLQuery: 100 detections Public blocklists: listed on 4 independent blocklists Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Global Domain Group LLC Nameservers: mckenzie.ns.cloudflare.com, micah.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: Trust | Your Private Crypto Card ## 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: 2026-02-21 (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) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-03 00:55:01 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-06-29 04:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-28 05:46:14 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) 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/019c20fb-b90c-730c-a10b-bc384675b958/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/6e95f16d-4c37-4876-8073-22df683f585e Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/cardstrust.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cardstrust.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cardstrust.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cardstrust.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cardstrust.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 13:26:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, cardstrust.com, is flagged as a high-risk brand impersonation threat specifically targeting Mastercard. Analysis indicates the site masquerades as a legitimate crypto card service, presenting a fraudulent interface titled 'Trust | Your Private Crypto Card.' The infrastructure appears designed to deceive users into disclosing financial credentials or authorizing cryptocurrency transactions under false pretenses, aligning with observed crypto drainer tactics in similar campaigns. Technical indicators confirm the domain's malicious classification. VirusTotal records 16 detections out of 95 security vendors, while the domain appears on four distinct security blocklists. Registered through Global Domain Group LLC on February 21, 2026, the site resolved to IP address 188.114.96.3, hosted on Cloudflare's network (AS13335). Notably, the domain lacks an SSL certificate, a red flag for user security. Google Safe Browsing does not currently list the domain, though this may reflect a lag in detection rather than benign status. As of the latest verification, cardstrust.com has been taken offline, likely in response to security community reporting. However, residual risk persists due to the domain's registration remaining active. Users who interacted with the site prior to takedown should assume credential exposure and initiate account reviews, particularly for financial and cryptocurrency services. Organizations are advised to monitor for related infrastructure, as threat actors frequently rotate domains and IPs following enforcement actions. The absence of SSL further underscores the need for heightened scrutiny of any residual or successor domains. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260203-07C6ED Favicon SHA-256: 18a1e6c63d170b5a7ab8c36c347dca14238bb0bf428f42353324c439206fc146 ## 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/cardstrust.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cardstrust.com 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: 172,266 domains (14,870 alive under monitoring, 156,850 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io