# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ipfs-validate.pages.dev ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-01 04:00:05 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ipfs-validate.pages.dev/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 9/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Ermes, Fortinet, G-Data, LevelBlue, Sophos, Webroot ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.66.44.118 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: kia.ns.cloudflare.com, trace.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-26 Page title: IPFS Launchpad Gateway - EVM Wallet Verification HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-07-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 0c31e36e8719a5845bb3dfb91bcf93c75bc9f062cafef20c704e27322418bbe8 ## 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: 2026-04-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-26 15:57:06 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-28 19:40:25 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dc9da-ea9f-7088-adeb-1b509a111b51/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ipfs-validate.pages.dev crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ipfs-validate.pages.dev Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ipfs-validate.pages.dev AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ipfs-validate.pages.dev URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ipfs-validate.pages.dev/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-26 15:59:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies the active phishing domain ipfs-validate.pages.dev impersonating IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) services, currently engaged in credential theft campaigns. The campaign is classified under generic phishing threats and remains active as of the latest assessment. This domain specifically targets users seeking IPFS validation or related services by mimicking legitimate interfaces to harvest login credentials. This domain was flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors at time of analysis, indicating undetected malicious activity. It is registered through Cloudflare, Inc., resolves to IP address 172.66.44.118, and holds an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. The domain is part of the Cloudflare Pages platform, which is frequently abused due to its legitimate appearance and rapid deployment capabilities. No prior blocklist entries or historical detections were identified in initial scans, emphasizing the importance of proactive monitoring. The threat remains active and poses significant risk to users interacting with IPFS services. Affected users risk credential compromise, unauthorized access to storage, and potential data exfiltration. PhishDestroy recommends blocking the domain ipfs-validate.pages.dev at the network perimeter, flagging the associated IP 172.66.44.118, and instructing users to verify all IPFS access points via verified official channels only. Users who may have entered credentials should immediately rotate passwords and enable multi-factor authentication where applicable. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 9/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 11e815fcc46522874043fec1a1423f31 TLS cert SHA-256: 0c31e36e8719a5845bb3dfb91bcf93c75bc9f062cafef20c704e27322418bbe8 ## 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/ipfs-validate.pages.dev/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ipfs-validate.pages.dev 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