# PhishDestroy threat dossier — switcher.finance ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-06 11:59:09 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/switcher.finance/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 52/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (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: donovan.ns.cloudflare.com, shubhi.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-12 Expires: 2027-06-12 Page title: Switcher | Bridge & Swap in Seconds ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-10 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f986a92af93ea231699995c1af267825e9847d451dd8e5a153ebe635d000acee ## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-06 10:10:58 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-06 12:30:05 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-06 12:17:36 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f3679-9916-770b-abf3-4ba1d6f29a6c/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/switcher.finance crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.switcher.finance Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=switcher.finance AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/switcher.finance URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/switcher.finance/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-06 10:16:18 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain switcher.finance has been identified as an active cryptocurrency phishing site specifically targeting users of decentralized finance (DeFi) bridge and swap services. Analysis confirms this infrastructure is designed to impersonate legitimate cross-chain transaction platforms, presenting itself as a fast bridge and swap service under the page title 'Switcher | Bridge & Swap in Seconds.' The site remains operational and continues to pose a high risk to users seeking to transfer assets between blockchains. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 12, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3 and is secured with an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services, providing a false sense of legitimacy. As of the latest scan, only 2 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal have flagged switcher.finance as malicious, indicating low initial detection coverage and suggesting the infrastructure may still evade many automated defenses. No legitimate association with known DeFi platforms or bridge services has been established, and the domain exhibits no historical record of valid financial operations. The site remains active and continues to serve fraudulent content. Users and organizations are strongly advised to block access to switcher.finance at the network level and update endpoint protection rules to include this domain and its associated IP. Security teams should monitor for credential harvesting attempts linked to this infrastructure and educate users on verifying domain authenticity before interacting with DeFi services. Given the low detection rate, manual review of related domains and IPs is recommended to identify potential secondary attack vectors. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: c284584d0ee5d36ef38f7747db551445 TLS cert SHA-256: f986a92af93ea231699995c1af267825e9847d451dd8e5a153ebe635d000acee ## 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/switcher.finance/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=switcher.finance 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: 175,096 domains (13,418 alive under monitoring, 160,778 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io