# PhishDestroy threat dossier — crystaldiskmark.cc ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-03 05:21:59 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/crystaldiskmark.cc/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 18/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Certego, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, ESTsecurity, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.171.23 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Nameservers: braden.ns.cloudflare.com, savanna.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-03-06 Expires: 2027-03-06 Page title: CrystalDiskMark – Free Disk Benchmark for Windows | SSD, HDD, NVMe ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 9b525a348e2cf97af940a96966d06e86948ff7b2bff6e1b8c9c82800187e7aa3 ## 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: 2026-03-06 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-02 15:12:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-02 13:28:40 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-03 07:16:56 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-03 06:17:06 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f22f4-adad-7174-b3e8-f27e096c69c0/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/5fbb2c6a-6115-45fa-9d38-35160177a434 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/crystaldiskmark.cc crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.crystaldiskmark.cc Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=crystaldiskmark.cc AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/crystaldiskmark.cc URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/crystaldiskmark.cc/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-02 15:16:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, crystaldiskmark.cc, is flagged as a generic phishing site targeting users seeking CrystalDiskMark, a legitimate disk benchmarking utility for Windows. Analysis indicates the domain mimics the official CrystalDiskMark branding, presenting a page titled 'CrystalDiskMark – Free Disk Benchmark for Windows | SSD, HDD, NVMe.' The site does not appear to deploy a crypto drainer or fake login portal but instead likely distributes malicious executables disguised as legitimate software installers. No specific drainer kit signatures have been identified at this stage, though the domain structure and content align with common brand impersonation tactics. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: the domain resolves to IP address 172.67.171.23 and was registered on March 06, 2026, through Spaceship, Inc. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt, a common practice among both legitimate and malicious sites. VirusTotal reports 0 detections out of 95 engines, indicating no current antivirus signatures flagging the domain as malicious. However, the domain appears on one security blocklist, as recorded by Maltrail, suggesting preliminary detection by at least one threat intelligence source. Google Safe Browsing (GSB) status remains unconfirmed in the provided data. The domain remains active, with no takedown or sinkholing observed as of this report. Users are advised to avoid downloading software from this domain and to verify the authenticity of CrystalDiskMark downloads by sourcing them exclusively from the official vendor website or trusted repositories. Given the domain's recent registration date (anomalous for a project like CrystalDiskMark, which has been established for over a decade) and the presence on a security blocklist, the risk of malware distribution persists. Organizations should consider blocking the domain at the network level and monitoring for connections to the associated IP address 172.67.171.23. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260702-572847 Favicon MD5: b9c33c9025d37545e9991ee1cb358b9a TLS cert SHA-256: 9b525a348e2cf97af940a96966d06e86948ff7b2bff6e1b8c9c82800187e7aa3 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/crystaldiskmark.cc/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=crystaldiskmark.cc 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 174,142 domains (13,604 alive under monitoring, 159,748 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io