# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ipfs-validates.pages.dev ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-01 05:23:27 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ipfs-validates.pages.dev/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 70/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/95 security vendors flagged this domain ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.66.47.73 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: kia.ns.cloudflare.com, trace.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-01 Page title: IPFS Launchpad Gateway - EVM Wallet Verification HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-07-16 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: cf9c225de29d52ead7e58b3383fe55d9b12f50c744a825fd85263f3c41973ea9 ## 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: 2026-05-01 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-01 05:10:34 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-05-01 07:50:03 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019de14c-8d52-76ac-bcd5-87be1281fda3/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ipfs-validates.pages.dev crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ipfs-validates.pages.dev Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ipfs-validates.pages.dev AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ipfs-validates.pages.dev URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ipfs-validates.pages.dev/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-05-01 05:11:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies ipfs-validates.pages.dev as an active credential-phishing site deployed under Cloudflare’s pages.dev service. This domain leverages the trusted IPFS brand to trick users into submitting login credentials by masquerading as a validation portal. The threat is immediate: attackers harvest credentials that can grant access to IPFS nodes, storage repositories, or linked cryptocurrency wallets. Users who enter their IPFS or related credentials risk direct account compromise and potential financial loss tied to exposed digital assets. Technical indicators confirm elevated risk despite low detection counts. VirusTotal currently shows 0/95 antivirus detections as of seed 0f28b4, indicating that signature-based defenses have not yet flagged this campaign. The site is served via Cloudflare Pages (registered through Cloudflare, Inc.) and resolves to IP 172.66.47.73 on AS13335. The domain’s SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, adding a false veneer of legitimacy. While the domain’s exact creation date is not publicly disclosed, the use of pages.dev implies a recently deployed campaign targeting IPFS users. Users who may have visited this domain should immediately audit accounts for unauthorized access, especially IPFS nodes, wallet integrations, or email accounts linked to IPFS services. If credentials were entered on ipfs-validates.pages.dev, change passwords immediately and revoke any API tokens or SSH keys associated with the compromised account. Enable two-factor authentication wherever possible and monitor linked financial accounts for unusual transactions. To prevent future exposure, block the domain at the network level using DNS filtering and avoid IPFS-related services that redirect through untrusted pages.dev subdomains. Report the domain to your security team or via PhishDestroy’s submission portal to aid in broader threat intelligence. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 2/95 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: cf9c225de29d52ead7e58b3383fe55d9b12f50c744a825fd85263f3c41973ea9 ## 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-validates.pages.dev/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ipfs-validates.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