# PhishDestroy threat dossier — crystaldiskmark.io ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-03 06:34:50 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/crystaldiskmark.io/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 19/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Antiy-AVL, BitDefender, Certego, Chong Lua Dao, ESET, ESTsecurity, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence, VIPRE, Webroot AlienVault OTX: 3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Nameservers: clay.ns.cloudflare.com, marge.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-03-06 Expires: 2027-03-06 Page title: CrystalDiskMark – Free Disk Benchmark Software | CrystalDiskMark.io ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-08-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: ce3c4a997774b1f78fcf00895f450839cbfdcd984875b29ff0afdac569a69ca2 ## 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 14:41:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-03 08:20:35 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/019f22d8-3fd5-7552-868b-a6560bc5fb48/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/crystaldiskmark.io crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.crystaldiskmark.io Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=crystaldiskmark.io AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/crystaldiskmark.io URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/crystaldiskmark.io/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-02 14:46:08 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.io, is flagged as a credential phishing site impersonating the legitimate disk benchmark software CrystalDiskMark. The domain remains active and is designed to harvest user credentials or distribute malicious payloads under the guise of a trusted utility. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is specifically crafted to exploit the reputation of the legitimate CrystalDiskMark brand, which is widely used for storage performance testing. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on March 06, 2026, through Spaceship, Inc. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3 and is currently blocked by one security blocklist, Maltrail. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt, a common practice among phishing operators to lend false legitimacy. VirusTotal reports zero detections out of 95 vendors at the time of analysis, suggesting the campaign may still be in an early or evasive phase. The page title, "CrystalDiskMark – Free Disk Benchmark Software | CrystalDiskMark.io," closely mimics the legitimate site to deceive users. Current status indicates the domain remains active and poses an ongoing risk to users seeking disk benchmarking tools. Organizations and individuals are advised to block the domain at the network level and add the IP address 188.114.96.3 to firewall deny lists. Security teams should monitor for connections to this infrastructure, particularly in environments where CrystalDiskMark is commonly used. Users should be educated to verify domain authenticity before downloading software, and endpoint protection solutions should be updated to detect potential payloads associated with this campaign. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b9c33c9025d37545e9991ee1cb358b9a TLS cert SHA-256: ce3c4a997774b1f78fcf00895f450839cbfdcd984875b29ff0afdac569a69ca2 ## 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.io/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=crystaldiskmark.io 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: 174,171 domains (13,630 alive under monitoring, 159,748 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io