# PhishDestroy threat dossier — padrerewards.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-04 17:19:38 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/padrerewards.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 68/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/92 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.34.21 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: 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: ["lex.ns.cloudflare.com", "mona.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-05-15 Page title: Padre.gg Cashback ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-08-06 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f01bb23c0ccdcc88f51d1a57d9ee23853919ba1cbf4a2d79fc58f96fd007e86f ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED. Domain eventually taken down after 1 abuse notice(s). Reports filed: 1 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-05-21 22:57:14 UTC Days since first notice: 43 (eventually taken down) ICANN Compliance CC'd on at least one escalation — non-response is on record. Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds, OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent. Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies. Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/padrerewards.com/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-05-15 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-15 05:30:08 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-21 19:57:14 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-04 16:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-27 00:25:33 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e4c1c-beb9-773b-a672-7824f2ac2ce4/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/padrerewards.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.padrerewards.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=padrerewards.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/padrerewards.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/padrerewards.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 15:41:39 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, padrerewards.com, operates as a cryptocurrency drainer phishing site targeting users with a fraudulent cashback offer under the guise of Padre.gg. The site presents a fake rewards interface designed to trick visitors into connecting their crypto wallets, which then executes unauthorized transactions to drain funds. The threat specifically exploits trust in cashback or reward schemes, a common tactic in crypto-related phishing campaigns to lure victims into interacting with malicious smart contracts or scripts. Analysis indicates the domain was registered on May 15, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to the IP address 104.21.34.21, hosted on Cloudflare infrastructure, which is often leveraged to obscure the true origin of malicious sites. The domain is flagged by 3 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears on three independent blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. The SSL certificate, issued by Let's Encrypt, provides a false sense of security while failing to mitigate the underlying threat. Users who visited padrerewards.com and connected a wallet should immediately disconnect it from any suspicious sites via their wallet settings. They should also revoke any smart contract approvals associated with the domain using a blockchain explorer or a dedicated revocation tool. All connected devices should be scanned for malware, and any credentials or recovery phrases entered on the site must be considered compromised. Monitoring wallet activity for unauthorized transactions is critical, and users are advised to transfer remaining funds to a new, secure wallet if any interaction with the site occurred. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1779393428-padrerewards.co Favicon MD5: 73d841f572a0e62e2e043b2ad8a69622 TLS cert SHA-256: f01bb23c0ccdcc88f51d1a57d9ee23853919ba1cbf4a2d79fc58f96fd007e86f ## 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 (operator 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/padrerewards.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=padrerewards.com 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 174,666 domains (12,655 alive under monitoring, 161,167 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io