# PhishDestroy threat dossier — rewardvault.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-30 13:43:48 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rewardvault.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (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: braelyn.ns.cloudflare.com, malcolm.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-27 Expires: 2027-05-27 Page title: In Honor of LIV — $ASTEROID ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-25 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: e6b4e416f38037649da5d84f7f2a0cc7261559a3c4067ca78aef02beb6f45e42 ## 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: 2026-05-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-01 02:23:30 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-01 01:41:00 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-30 12:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-10 00:35:29 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e8057-2a6c-7139-aefa-17b2494582be/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/d656ea43-7f2a-4baa-8bf3-262e5a0b1fac Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/rewardvault.live crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.rewardvault.live Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=rewardvault.live AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/rewardvault.live URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/rewardvault.live/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 03:11:53 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as a generic phishing site targeting cryptocurrency users through a fraudulent $ASTEROID token distribution scheme. The page title, 'In Honor of LIV — $ASTEROID,' suggests an attempt to exploit interest in token airdrops or promotional events, a common tactic to harvest wallet credentials or private keys. Analysis indicates the threat is currently under investigation but has been identified as malicious by multiple sources despite its recent creation and lack of widespread detection. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain rewardvault.live was registered on May 27, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3 and has been blocked by three security blocklists, including MetaMask and PhishDestroy. The domain holds a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100, yet remains undetected by VirusTotal, with 0/95 engines flagging it as malicious. Its current status is offline, but the registration details and hosting infrastructure suggest potential for re-emergence under similar or altered domains. Mitigation steps for this specific threat type include immediate blocking of the domain and its associated IP (188.114.97.3) at the network perimeter. Users should be alerted to verify token distribution legitimacy through official project channels only, as phishing sites often mimic legitimate branding. Wallet software should enforce transaction confirmation prompts for interactions with newly created or low-reputation domains. Security teams are advised to monitor for additional domains registered through the same registrar (NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED) or resolving to the same IP range, as these may indicate related malicious infrastructure. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 1/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260601-BE3D79 Favicon MD5: c30c7d42707a47a3f4591831641e50dc TLS cert SHA-256: e6b4e416f38037649da5d84f7f2a0cc7261559a3c4067ca78aef02beb6f45e42 ## 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/rewardvault.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=rewardvault.live 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: 172,677 domains (12,746 alive under monitoring, 159,341 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io