# PhishDestroy threat dossier — reward-flare.app
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Fetched:   2026-06-21 20:36:31 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/reward-flare.app/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
Hosting org:     AS13335 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:     donovan.ns.cloudflare.com, tori.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-05
Expires:         2027-06-05

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-03
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: ef26b10fc57c95c2446787b55cee2dbbcfd01611e550e8f0b92e180e14368f5f

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-06-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-18 17:41:08 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-18 16:16:50 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-21 20:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-20 00:02:52 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019edb63-1e09-7010-bc46-ea664882724e/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/4192afa6-cbf9-4706-9957-0de7a38debc4
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/reward-flare.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.reward-flare.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=reward-flare.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/reward-flare.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/reward-flare.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 17:44:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Threat Overview
reward-flare[.]app is an active domain that poses a phishing threat to users. It was first detected by PhishDestroy and is currently active. The domain is used to scam users with fake rewards.

Risk Indicators
- First detected by PhishDestroy on 2026-06-18
- Active status indicates ongoing phishing attempts
- Newly created domain may indicate malicious intent

Technical Details
- Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED
- Hosting IP: 188.114.96.3
- Domain Created: 2026-06-05

Recommendations
- Avoid interacting with the reward-flare[.]app domain
- Be cautious of similar domains with fake rewards
- Report suspicious activity to PhishDestroy

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260618-FE7991
Favicon MD5:       dc270172d1648eb90a7ac9e496aaa7ec
TLS cert SHA-256:      ef26b10fc57c95c2446787b55cee2dbbcfd01611e550e8f0b92e180e14368f5f

## 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/reward-flare.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=reward-flare.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

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