Security engines reporting a detection: 5. Exercise extreme caution — do not enter credentials or personal information.
Report overview
www.pufferfinance.xyz is a brand impersonation phishing domain mimicking Puffer, flagged by 3 of 95 VirusTotal vendors and listed on one security blocklist.
The detailed PhishDestroy AI analysis below remains in English to preserve the original forensic record.
Stored registration data identifies NameSilo as the registrar. PhishDestroy maintains separate registrar investigations; that broader material is contextual and is not an independent detection for this domain.
The domain www.pufferfinance.xyz is a phishing site engaged in brand impersonation targeting users of the legitimate 'puffer' platform. It poses an elevated risk by mimicking the puffer brand to deceive visitors into disclosing sensitive information or interacting with fraudulent content. No crypto drainer kit was identified. The site is currently taken offline, but prior activity indicates it was operational for malicious purposes.
Technical indicators confirm the domain's suspicious nature. As of analysis, 3 of 95 VirusTotal security vendors flagged www.pufferfinance.xyz as malicious, including Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, and SOCRadar. The domain was registered on May 13, 2025, through NameSilo, LLC, and resolves to the IP address 104.21.13.100, hosted on Cloudflare's infrastructure (AS13335). It appears on one security blocklist, PhishDestroy, and has a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100. No SSL certificate was issued, and the observed page title was 'Just a moment...'. Nameservers are carl.ns.cloudflare.com and luciane.ns.cloudflare.com.
Individuals who interacted with www.pufferfinance.xyz should take immediate safety steps. If credentials or personal information were entered, change passwords for all associated accounts and enable two-factor authentication. Monitor accounts for unauthorized activity and report any suspected fraud to the legitimate platform. To report the phishing domain, submit it to Google Safe Browsing, PhishTank, or the impersonated brand's security team. Victims may also file complaints with local cybercrime authorities or organizations like the FBI's IC3.
Not observedNo cloaking was observed in the stored scan
Stored crawler-versus-browser observations for this host, plus a live fingerprint check for Keitaro-style traffic distribution systems.
Stored cloaking flag
Not observed
Cloaking score
0/6
Last cloaking scan
Scanner note:unavailable: raw=connection_error; http=0; via=http_proxy; error=SOCKSHTTPConnectionPool(host='duplicate-disabled-6568.invalid', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by Ne
Live TDS fingerprint check
Seven Keitaro fingerprints plus a crawler-versus-browser comparison, run from the PhishDestroy scanner when this panel is open.
RegistrationCreated May 13, 2025 —Expires May 13, 2026
Time to First Unavailability219 days
What we count
Elapsed time from the first stored abuse report to the first observation that the content was unavailable. This does not establish the cause.
What each report contains
Stored outgoing-report records may reference evidence available at the time, such as vendor verdicts, registration data, hosting details, classifications, or screenshots. This page does not infer the exact payload delivered, receipt, acknowledgement, or action by a recipient.
Technical detailsProvenance & timestamps
First DetectedSep 16, 2025
DOM Analysisanalyzed Apr 11, 2026score 25/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttps://www.pufferfinance.xyz/
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Accreditation and RAA context
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Latest HTTP observationUnknownProbe Inconclusive20%2026-10-09 01:39:10 UTC
RDAP registrationUnknown
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-15 22:18:17 UTC
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
11 recorded events. These records describe collected evidence, outgoing notifications and publication; they do not confirm a complete investigation or a takedown.
Threat Ingested
duplicate-disabled-6568.invalid detected and queued for full analysis
A stored Cloudflare Radar report is available. The report link alone is not a malicious verdict and does not prove that every network field was captured.
The latest stored checks indicate that the reported content is unavailable; this does not establish who or what caused the change.
Sep 11, 2026
Time to First Unavailability
5244 hours elapsed from detection to the first unavailable observation.
How we investigate & report
Public scans, evidence and abuse channels
We scan suspicious URLs, inspect public results and send evidence through the appropriate abuse-reporting channels. The dated events above show what is recorded for this domain. The directory below explains the wider workflow.
01Public scans & evidence collection10 sources and tool groups+
Inspect the public DNS, TLS, HTTP and technology surface.
02Abuse reports & follow-upRegistrar, hosting and security channels+
Identify the responsible provider. Match registration and hosting records to the relevant abuse contact.
Prepare an evidence package. Include the URL, public scan references, captures and the recorded observations.
Send the report. Keep outgoing report records and recipient information when available.
Recheck and publish updates. Track later scanner verdicts, provider responses and site availability.
Security services used for scanning, reputation checks and reporting are listed below. A service being listed is not evidence that it received, accepted or acted on this particular domain. Recorded submissions appear in the notification history above.
4 evidence signal groups linked0 reports recordedContent unavailable
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.
If credentials, payment data, or files were exposed, report the incident immediately. Change affected passwords, revoke active sessions, and scan the device.
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Each lane is one reason a domain is linked to this host. Node size marks VirusTotal detections and dashed nodes are already offline. The full lists follow below.
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