# PhishDestroy threat dossier — flaredesktopapp.icu ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-25 01:49:04 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/flaredesktopapp.icu/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Drainer (wallet extracted) Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_split) (score: 1/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, SOCRadar ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 76.76.21.241 (US, Walnut) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: Vercel, Inc Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: ["beau.ns.cloudflare.com", "indie.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-04-11 Page title: Flare Desktop App – Download for Windows HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R12 Expires: 2026-07-09 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 83c5eacfcc4997ad8b34b43a7f9a4c0bf82deea9775b4a68fbb859e18ce46dc2 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-11 21:07:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-23 20:20:45 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d7db7-7144-71a5-ad92-9c3e17e3fc6f/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/flaredesktopapp.icu crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.flaredesktopapp.icu Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=flaredesktopapp.icu AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/flaredesktopapp.icu URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/flaredesktopapp.icu/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-11 21:08:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies flaredesktopapp.icu as an active crypto-draining phishing domain posing as legitimate desktop application installers. The domain leverages brand impersonation to deceive users into executing malicious payloads that drain cryptocurrency wallets. Risk level is evaluated as elevated due to confirmed malicious activity and low detection coverage. This domain was flagged by 2 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors at time of analysis. It resolves to IP 76.76.21.241 and operates under a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. Registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED on April 10, 2026, the domain shows recent creation with minimal anti-abuse history. The low vendor detection rate and choice of registrant raise concerns about potential for continued operation without takedown. Organizations and individual users should immediately block traffic to flaredesktopapp.icu and the associated IP address 76.76.21.241 at network perimeter. Disable or modify group policies to prevent DNS resolution of the domain across endpoints. Users must verify software downloads through official vendor websites using multi-factor authentication for wallet access. Security teams should monitor for connections to this domain in proxy logs and DNS telemetry as part of incident response protocols. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 9f504444f85a5af2eef9264b02ae40be TLS cert SHA-256: 83c5eacfcc4997ad8b34b43a7f9a4c0bf82deea9775b4a68fbb859e18ce46dc2 ## 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/flaredesktopapp.icu/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=flaredesktopapp.icu 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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io