# PhishDestroy threat dossier — staking-sherwood.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 16:11:34 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/staking-sherwood.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs Composite threat score: 50/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Kaspersky, LevelBlue Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 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: brian.ns.cloudflare.com, emely.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-27 Expires: 2027-07-27 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-25 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 5e4542f4298d1ae2e375a489b6a38169b9a889c29de31f4f0e06700d6caa02ab ## 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: 2026-07-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 16:35:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 15:38:12 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-27 18:02:08 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa40a-10e9-712d-98e4-1b1e21979463/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/staking-sherwood.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.staking-sherwood.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=staking-sherwood.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/staking-sherwood.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/staking-sherwood.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 16:35:47 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is staking-sherwood.xyz a Scam? The domain staking-sherwood.xyz was registered on July 27 2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and immediately points to IP 188.114.97.3. The authoritative nameservers are brian.ns.cloudflare.com and emely.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating the use of Cloudflare's DNS service. The domain is currently active and appears on a single security blocklist. PhishDestroy has reported the domain and placed it on its blocklist, confirming that it is being used for phishing attempts. VirusTotal analysis shows that five of ninety‑one participating security vendors flagged the domain as malicious, providing additional independent confirmation of suspicious activity. No additional intelligence such as page title, SSL certificate details, or HTTP response codes is available at this time, so the exact content and lure technique remain unverified. Given the recent registration date, the presence on a phishing‑specific blocklist, and the multiple vendor detections, the domain should be treated as high‑risk. Defenders are advised to add staking-sherwood.xyz and its resolved IP address 188.114.97.3 to outbound filtering rules, DNS sinkhole configurations, and any threat‑intel feeds in use. Ongoing monitoring of DNS queries for the Cloudflare nameservers and periodic re‑scans with VirusTotal or similar services are recommended to capture any changes in the threat posture. Until further content analysis is obtained, the domain should be blocked by default to prevent credential harvesting or other malicious activity. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-62D362 Favicon MD5: 4bcaef1262d2ccbf48d81b21d2bb96e8 TLS cert SHA-256: 5e4542f4298d1ae2e375a489b6a38169b9a889c29de31f4f0e06700d6caa02ab ## 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 (operator 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-sherwood.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=staking-sherwood.xyz 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 206,015 domains (81,187 alive under monitoring, 123,797 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io