# PhishDestroy threat dossier — crypto-vault.site ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-28 00:47:37 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/crypto-vault.site/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 70/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Staking Scam Targeted brand: argent ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: CRDF, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.6.119 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Web Commerce Communications Limited Nameservers: annabel.ns.cloudflare.com, chuck.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-10-25 Page title: CryptoVault ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-05-21 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 86b3539cde5bf9bc4c9e7c87bb6f4d74abea856be226937d7183f8b494a23837 ## 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: 2025-10-25 (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: 2025-10-27 07:28:27 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-28 00:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 15:27:56 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019a2491-330f-71ba-9471-e3a0bdc04159/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/crypto-vault.site crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.crypto-vault.site Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=crypto-vault.site AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/crypto-vault.site URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/crypto-vault.site/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-27 04:48:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, crypto-vault.site, poses a specific threat as a brand impersonation phishing site targeting the Argent cryptocurrency platform. The domain presents a fraudulent web application titled 'CryptoVault' designed to mimic Argent's legitimate interface and trick users into connecting their wallets or entering sensitive credentials. Analysis indicates it employs a client-side application built with Node.js, React, and Next.js, hosted behind Cloudflare, which likely serves a crypto drainer script to steal digital assets from victims who interact with the page. Technical evidence confirms the domain was registered on October 25, 2025 through Web Commerce Communications Limited, and resolves to IP address 104.21.6.119 with an SSL certificate from Google Trust Services. VirusTotal analysis reports 0 out of 95 security vendors have flagged this domain as malicious, though it appears on 1 security blocklist via PhishDestroy. The Gridinsoft trust score is 0 out of 100 and Scamadviser trust score is 20 out of 100, indicating high risk. The domain is currently taken offline, but its infrastructure remains capable of being reactivated under similar or different domains. Users who visited crypto-vault.site should immediately disconnect any wallets that were connected, revoke any permissions granted to the site, and monitor their cryptocurrency accounts for unauthorized transactions. Change passwords for any credentials entered on the page and enable two-factor authentication on all related accounts. Run a security scan on the device used to access the site to check for any malware or persistent threats. If funds were lost, report the incident to local law enforcement and the Argent platform's security team. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 78f3cdb2641076bb1744f55d6671f096 TLS cert SHA-256: 86b3539cde5bf9bc4c9e7c87bb6f4d74abea856be226937d7183f8b494a23837 ## 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/crypto-vault.site/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=crypto-vault.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 170,941 domains (12,724 alive under monitoring, 157,804 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io