# PhishDestroy threat dossier — portal-kelpdao.co
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 21:53:22 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/portal-kelpdao.co/

## VERDICT
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HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed
Composite threat score: 75/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     aspen.ns.cloudflare.com, peter.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-18
Page title:      portal-kelpdao.co
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-07-17
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 7920ed4fb96765baa9a973b339264104e74c93c5e77e507e0f533c4dac47a9ec

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-04-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-19 00:31:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 07:40:18 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019da280-cc6e-712b-bf57-0ddd428ed5dd/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/portal-kelpdao.co
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.portal-kelpdao.co
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=portal-kelpdao.co
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/portal-kelpdao.co
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/portal-kelpdao.co/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-19 00:32:01 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies active phishing domain portal-kelpdao.co engaging in a crypto drainer campaign targeting users of the legitimate KelpDAO protocol.

This domain was flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, registered through Dynadot Inc on April 18, 2026, resolving to IP 188.114.96.3 under a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. The domain currently remains undetected by most blocklists while exhibiting high-risk characteristics in behavioral analysis.

PhishDestroy classifies this domain as ACTIVE with elevated risk pending further investigation. Users should immediately cease interaction and verify the legitimacy of KelpDAO-related domains through PhishDestroy's real-time verification system. Blocklists and security tooling should be updated to include this domain (portal-kelpdao.co and related subdomains) to prevent accidental exposure. All crypto wallet users interacting with KelpDAO-themed portals are advised to revoke any suspicious approvals via blockchain explorers and transfer assets to newly secured wallets if compromise is suspected.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/94 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      7920ed4fb96765baa9a973b339264104e74c93c5e77e507e0f533c4dac47a9ec

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/portal-kelpdao.co/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=portal-kelpdao.co
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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