# PhishDestroy threat dossier — swelnetwork.io ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 10:12:01 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/swelnetwork.io/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Brand Impersonation Targeted brand: Sei ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 15/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.201.214 (US, San Francisco) ASN: AS13335 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: grace.ns.cloudflare.com, ivan.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2024-09-16 Expires: 2026-09-16 Page title: Swell: Liquid restaking for DeFi HTTP response: 302 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-14 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8548882dc9458a1d40886f67d243bd4725bef236a1aaac0f33330a52d89395f7 ## 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: 2024-09-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-10 10:54:00 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-13 08:20:41 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f4b3a-8847-745a-aa6f-3d828872fff1/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/swelnetwork.io crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.swelnetwork.io Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=swelnetwork.io AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/swelnetwork.io URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/swelnetwork.io/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-13 00:16:10 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Analysis of swelnetwork.io indicates active brand impersonation targeting Sei, a cryptocurrency platform. The domain was registered on September 16, 2024, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, and remains operational as of July 12, 2026. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain resolves to IP 172.67.201.214, hosted on AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.) in the United States. The site employs Cloudflare services, including Browser Insights and HTTP/3, and presents a page title of 'Swell: Liquid restaking for DeFi,' which does not align with the impersonated brand. SSL certification is provided by Google Trust Services (WE1), a common but not inherently malicious provider. The domain is flagged by 15 of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears on three security blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. A Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100 further supports its classification as malicious. The HTTP status code 302 suggests potential redirection behavior, though the exact destination remains unconfirmed. Nameservers (grace.ns.cloudflare.com, ivan.ns.cloudflare.com) are consistent with Cloudflare-hosted domains, which may complicate takedown efforts. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk due to its active status, brand impersonation classification, and cross-vendor detection. Network-level blocking of 172.67.201.214 and monitoring for related Cloudflare-hosted domains with similar registration patterns is recommended. The lack of additional technical indicators, such as phishing kit fingerprints or payload delivery mechanisms, limits further attribution, but the domain’s persistence and infrastructure warrant immediate mitigation. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 15/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 20e7eb7fc90be2a3fd02e28b709464fe TLS cert SHA-256: 8548882dc9458a1d40886f67d243bd4725bef236a1aaac0f33330a52d89395f7 ## 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/swelnetwork.io/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=swelnetwork.io 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: 178,033 domains (49,760 alive under monitoring, 128,273 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io