# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sideshift.online
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 12:46:34 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sideshift.online/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 22 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 87/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Wallet drainer: Angel Drainer

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, Webroot
URLQuery:        100 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.11.121 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Nameservers:     fatima.ns.cloudflare.com, kanye.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-09-02
Expires:         2026-09-02
Page title:      SideShift.ai - Direct to Wallet Trading
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2025-09-02 (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)
First reported:    2025-09-09 13:06:33 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-03-31 00:45:03 UTC (STALE — 22 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-02-23 03:15:03 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 22 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 22 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/01992f3a-5bf0-7215-82eb-d6643967f954/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/sideshift.online
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.sideshift.online
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=sideshift.online
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/sideshift.online
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/sideshift.online/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:21:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies sideshift.online as a low-risk crypto drainer domain impersonating generic cryptocurrency services. Registered recently on September 2, 2025, it mimicked the branding of legitimate crypto trading platforms by using the page title “SideShift.ai - Direct to Wallet Trading,” aiming to deceive users into compromising their assets.

Technical analysis reveals sideshift.online was hosted through HOSTINGER operations, UAB, resolving to IP address 198.18.1.118. The domain was associated with the Angel Drainer malware kit, specialized in siphoning cryptocurrency wallets. Despite its malicious intent, only two out of ninety-five security vendors flagged this domain on VirusTotal, and it appeared on a single security blocklist, indicating limited but credible threat detection.

Currently, sideshift.online has been taken offline, mitigating immediate risks to users. PhishDestroy recommends continued vigilance against similar crypto drainer threats that impersonate trustworthy platforms. Users are advised to verify domain authenticity and avoid providing wallet credentials on unfamiliar or suspicious websites to safeguard their cryptocurrency holdings.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       008e0095ca637c2e98df32742917358d6fb5f3455d8f6a2c42cf8b9a29d10cc6

## 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/sideshift.online/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sideshift.online
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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