# PhishDestroy threat dossier — staking-degen.icu ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-29 22:39:39 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/staking-degen.icu/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 62/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: redirect_split) (score: 5/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, Fortinet ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.42.139 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: 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: jill.ns.cloudflare.com, nicolas.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-23 Page title: DEGEN - The most popular meme token on base HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-07-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 797c7f4a8eb7a36fda3d588a6fd9ec04d6a90c6fe7d82ef058a1768e054a564b ## 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: 2026-04-23 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-29 22:37:59 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-30 01:25:23 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ddabb-bca0-707e-997e-4dda0e808136/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/staking-degen.icu crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.staking-degen.icu Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=staking-degen.icu AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/staking-degen.icu URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/staking-degen.icu/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-29 22:38:31 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies staking-degen.icu as an active crypto drainer phishing domain operating under an elevated risk classification. This domain is currently distributing malicious payloads designed to trick users into authorizing unauthorized cryptocurrency withdrawals under the guise of staking or yield farming opportunities. The threat actor behind this campaign impersonates legitimate DeFi platforms to lure victims into connecting their wallets and signing malicious transactions that drain funds directly to attacker-controlled addresses. This domain has been confirmed active and is actively propagating across social media and messaging platforms to target cryptocurrency investors seeking high-yield opportunities. This domain was flagged by 2 of 95 VirusTotal security vendors and is registered via NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to IP address 104.21.42.139 and was created on April 23, 2026. The domain uses a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate to appear legitimate and has a low trust score due to its recent registration and association with known phishing infrastructure. Despite its brief operational period, it has already begun to appear on emerging threat feeds, indicating rapid deployment in active campaigns. The combination of a newly registered domain (NRD), low vendor detection, and SSL certificate issuance suggests an opportunistic attack leveraging automation and social engineering tactics. Given the elevated risk level and confirmed malicious activity, users should immediately cease all interactions with staking-degen.icu and avoid visiting or engaging with any content associated with this domain. If you have previously connected your wallet or entered private keys or seed phrases, revoke all token and wallet approvals using tools such as revoke.cash or Etherscan’s token approval checker. Block this domain at your network level via DNS filtering or host file modification and report any suspicious transactions to your wallet provider and relevant blockchain explorers. For ongoing safety, verify domains and URLs through PhishDestroy’s threat intelligence database before engaging in any financial transactions. Always use hardware wallets for DeFi operations and enable transaction simulation tools like Tenderly or Revoke.cash to detect malicious smart contract interactions in real time. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: c6aac6dba1f0d6fb69ea1ab480db11d5 TLS cert SHA-256: 797c7f4a8eb7a36fda3d588a6fd9ec04d6a90c6fe7d82ef058a1768e054a564b ## 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/staking-degen.icu/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=staking-degen.icu 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