# PhishDestroy threat dossier — parastaking.app ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-06 09:28:21 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/parastaking.app/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- STATUS STALE — last probed 36 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified Composite threat score: 91/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: Gemini ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 4 independent blocklists Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Porkbun LLC Nameservers: barbara.ns.cloudflare.com, elmo.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-02-21 Expires: 2027-01-18 Page title: Staking Community | Paradigm Powered by Gemini ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-04-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 0d734155fe5bf77ff12035f013725af2845d69aa260f5b9d491ee09240724e46 ## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-01-26 05:28:51 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-03-31 01:16:50 UTC (STALE — 36 days ago, re-verify) Flagged dead: 2026-05-02 12:00:47 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 36 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed) Current status: UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 36 days stale) 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/019bf7bc-4418-732a-90db-b664a00bdff4/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/b49c5fbb-5f38-42c1-b7ad-0f8a4653ad9c Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/parastaking.app crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.parastaking.app Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=parastaking.app AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/parastaking.app URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/parastaking.app/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 05:23:43 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies parastaking.app as a medium-risk brand impersonation scam targeting Gemini users by presenting fake staking services under the guise of 'Paradigm Powered by Gemini.' The site aimed to exploit trust in the Gemini brand to harvest sensitive information. This domain was registered on February 21, 2026, through Porkbun LLC and resolved to IP 188.114.97.3. It appeared on four security blocklists and was flagged by 4 out of 95 VirusTotal scanners. AlienVault OTX also noted it in a threat intelligence pulse. Gridinsoft assigned it a zero trust score, indicating high suspicion. Currently, parastaking.app is offline and no longer operational. Users are advised to avoid this domain and always access Gemini services through their official channels. Remain vigilant against similar brand impersonation attempts to protect personal and financial data. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260126-CD2B62 Favicon MD5: f3418a443e7d841097c714d69ec4bcb8 TLS cert SHA-256: 0d734155fe5bf77ff12035f013725af2845d69aa260f5b9d491ee09240724e46 ## 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/parastaking.app/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=parastaking.app 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: 146,066 domains (58,905 alive under monitoring, 86,708 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io