# PhishDestroy threat dossier — expectationshard.shop ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-27 17:52:15 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/expectationshard.shop/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.52.166 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Namecheap, Inc. Nameservers: ["april.ns.cloudflare.com", "hank.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-06-12 Page title: expectationshard.shop | 523: Origin is unreachable ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-04 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b69113298c4cb1237ab1520d0e415b2e010097358a5d2ec58a411d9f6a63dda0 ## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-12 21:49:15 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-12 21:49:15 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-27 16:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-13 03:48:02 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ebd5f-d564-77f6-8b7f-bd89d84a2b7b/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/expectationshard.shop crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.expectationshard.shop Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=expectationshard.shop AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/expectationshard.shop URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/expectationshard.shop/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 22:50:44 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, expectationshard.shop, is identified as a generic phishing threat designed to impersonate legitimate service portals, likely targeting users through fraudulent login or credential harvesting pages. The infrastructure appears to exploit common web technologies to evade initial detection while delivering malicious payloads or capturing sensitive user information. Analysis indicates the domain was constructed to resemble authentic service interfaces, potentially tricking users into divulging account credentials or personal data under false pretenses. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered through Namecheap, Inc. on June 12, 2026, and currently resolves to the IP address 104.21.52.166. Security vendors on VirusTotal have flagged the domain in 6 out of 95 detection engines, while it appears on 2 distinct security blocklists. The domain is also referenced in 4 threat intelligence pulses on AlienVault OTX, further corroborating its malicious intent. The SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt and the use of Cloudflare with HTTP/3 suggest an attempt to lend legitimacy to the phishing infrastructure while obscuring its true origin. Users who may have interacted with expectationshard.shop should immediately cease all engagement and perform a thorough review of their systems. Any credentials entered on the site must be considered compromised and reset across all platforms where they were reused. It is recommended to monitor accounts for unauthorized activity and conduct a malware scan to detect potential secondary infections. Organizations should update their security policies to include this domain in blocklists and educate users on recognizing phishing attempts that leverage seemingly legitimate service portals. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: b69113298c4cb1237ab1520d0e415b2e010097358a5d2ec58a411d9f6a63dda0 ## 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/expectationshard.shop/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=expectationshard.shop 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: 170,900 domains (12,710 alive under monitoring, 157,778 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io