# PhishDestroy threat dossier — governance-ethena.finance ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-27 15:56:25 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/governance-ethena.finance/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 98/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.160.5 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, 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: ["donald.ns.cloudflare.com", "etta.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-03-13 Expires: 2027-03-12 Page title: Just a moment... ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-06-11 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 830a5e3d44c903f85662a3dad50cb3fca2d32b77467b3a95c01ba9ee57021168 ## 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: 2026-03-13 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-03-13 08:37:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-03-13 05:38:38 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-22 01:40:49 UTC Neutralised: 2026-03-15 06:15:18 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ce5b1-c3a3-761c-8095-defaa444e203/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/8cb317b4-20f2-4e2e-8937-f4b1657aee26 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/governance-ethena.finance crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.governance-ethena.finance Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=governance-ethena.finance AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/governance-ethena.finance URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/governance-ethena.finance/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-18 17:36:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies governance-ethena.finance as a medium-risk phishing domain. It was registered recently on March 13, 2026, and classified under generic phishing threats. The domain’s page title, "Just a moment...", is commonly used to mimic legitimate loading screens and delay user suspicion, a tactic often seen in phishing campaigns. This domain has appeared on two security blocklists, signaling community detection of its malicious intent. Technical indicators reveal that governance-ethena.finance resolves to the IP address 172.67.160.5, which is associated with content delivery networks frequently exploited by malicious actors to mask origin servers. The domain was registered via NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited, a registrar known to have a mixed reputation with fraudulent domain registrations. VirusTotal flags this domain by 5 out of 95 security vendors, corroborating other threat intelligence sources that highlight phishing characteristics. Currently, governance-ethena.finance is offline, indicating that hosting providers or security teams have intervened to restrict access. Users and organizations are advised to block or monitor any traffic related to this domain. Continuous vigilance is recommended as phishing actors often reuse domain infrastructure or register similar domain names to perpetuate fraudulent schemes. PhishDestroy will maintain monitoring for any reactivation or related threats stemming from this domain or its infrastructure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260313-AD24E4 Favicon MD5: 20bb6d7eb3504d88f598bc55f1d078e5 TLS cert SHA-256: 830a5e3d44c903f85662a3dad50cb3fca2d32b77467b3a95c01ba9ee57021168 ## 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/governance-ethena.finance/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=governance-ethena.finance 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