# PhishDestroy threat dossier — register-saharaai.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-28 06:01:13 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/register-saharaai.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: ["dylan.ns.cloudflare.com", "teagan.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-06-09 Expires: 2027-06-09 Page title: Sahara AI — Community Proposal ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-07 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: db98cfcb3457d40faf5462ddb571f22bfab057d9f2fec833f97393bc4289248e ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: CLOSED — no report required. This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file for audit but no formal notice was sent. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-09 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-09 18:17:59 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-09 16:19:19 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-28 04:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-17 00:46:05 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ead2b-4cc0-7333-9465-4d47b5da2f8f/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/de15033f-c017-4233-a65c-94eabbbd45f3 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/register-saharaai.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.register-saharaai.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=register-saharaai.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/register-saharaai.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/register-saharaai.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 00:36:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain register-saharaai.com has been identified as a confirmed phishing site specializing in fraudulent crypto community proposal schemes. Analysis indicates this infrastructure was designed to impersonate legitimate decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) proposal platforms, likely targeting cryptocurrency holders with fake governance participation opportunities. The domain is currently offline, though historical activity suggests it was actively used for credential harvesting and wallet compromise attempts. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple high-risk indicators. The domain was registered through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com on June 09, 2026, with resolution to IP address 188.114.96.3. Security vendors have flagged this domain in 3 of 95 VirusTotal assessments, while appearing on 3 independent security blocklists. Additional technical indicators include a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100, detection in 2 AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulses, and blocking by multiple wallet security providers. The site employed Cloudflare protection with HTTP/3 protocol and used a Google Trust Services SSL certificate, creating a false appearance of legitimacy. Current status shows the domain has been taken offline, though the underlying infrastructure remains a potential threat vector. Organizations and individuals are advised to implement immediate protective measures, including: (1) Blocking the domain and associated IP address at firewall and DNS levels; (2) Adding detection rules for the domain pattern in security monitoring systems; (3) Verifying all cryptocurrency governance participation through official project channels only; (4) Conducting retrospective analysis of network logs for connections to 188.114.96.3 between June 2026 and takedown date; (5) Educating users about the specific threat pattern of fake community proposal sites, particularly those using Cloudflare-protected infrastructure with recent registration dates. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 3/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260609-731990 Favicon MD5: 80272905f114defb38815844ae2d0f67 TLS cert SHA-256: db98cfcb3457d40faf5462ddb571f22bfab057d9f2fec833f97393bc4289248e ## 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/register-saharaai.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=register-saharaai.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 170,941 domains (13,575 alive under monitoring, 156,953 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io