# PhishDestroy threat dossier — rewards-firelight.finance ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-25 03:57:12 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rewards-firelight.finance/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- STATUS STALE — last probed 25 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified Composite threat score: 74/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, Trustwave URLQuery: 4 detections Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.210.239 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. 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: frank.ns.cloudflare.com, lola.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-02-21 Expires: 2027-02-14 Page title: Firelight – A Protocol for DeFi Cover ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-02-16 15:00:25 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-03-31 01:25:44 UTC (STALE — 25 days ago, re-verify) Flagged dead: 2026-02-27 16:33:34 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 25 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed) Current status: UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 25 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/019c66ef-9ea0-76ec-92b7-1512e30c360a/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/09c9ed74-0628-47cd-b2ad-7ccc30ec0b3a Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/rewards-firelight.finance crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.rewards-firelight.finance Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=rewards-firelight.finance AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/rewards-firelight.finance URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/rewards-firelight.finance/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 05:24:21 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies rewards-firelight.finance as a medium-risk generic phishing domain targeting users interested in decentralized finance (DeFi). The domain's page title, "Firelight – A Protocol for DeFi Cover," suggests an attempt to exploit DeFi-related trust to deceive users. The nature of the threat is generic phishing, aiming to steal sensitive credentials or funds through fraudulent promises. Supporting evidence includes the domain's recent creation date on February 21, 2026, indicating it is new and potentially used for short-term attacks. It resolves to IP 172.67.210.239 and is registered via NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited. The domain appears on three distinct security blocklists and has been flagged by 4 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, consistent with suspicious activity. This infrastructure profile aligns with common phishing tactics leveraging newly registered domains and proxy IP addresses. PhishDestroy advises users to avoid interacting with rewards-firelight.finance and to verify URLs carefully before submitting any personal or financial information. The domain is currently offline, reducing immediate risk, but users should remain cautious as phishing sites can frequently reappear under similar names. Maintaining updated antivirus software and enabling browser phishing filters are recommended defenses against related threats. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260216-13DF18 Favicon SHA-256: 8942ad2a32fbf7d6a7644aaa6ef83dc4b319c1d426c39e3f1eb57ebc3871adf3 ## 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/rewards-firelight.finance/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=rewards-firelight.finance 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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io