# PhishDestroy threat dossier — upheaval.finance
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 03:03:49 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/upheaval.finance/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (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: CRDF, Gridinsoft
URLQuery:        100 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 4 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.216.208 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     lynn.ns.cloudflare.com, nia.ns.cloudflare.com
Page title:      Home | Upheaval Finance
HTTP response:   429

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-04-22
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: d4a77a10638224c772241c9e4607c4792f77084c4da8f03e003ada1c67092e3c

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-09-19 01:53:26 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 04:05:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-02-20 06:08:28 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/01996051-70b5-76d8-96ef-954a4842bcd8/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/upheaval.finance
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.upheaval.finance
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=upheaval.finance
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/upheaval.finance
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/upheaval.finance/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:29:27 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies upheaval.finance as a low-risk crypto drainer domain. The site was classified under the Angel Drainer kit, which is known for illicitly extracting cryptocurrency assets from victims. Despite the low risk level, the domain was actively engaged in fraudulent activity targeting crypto users.

Technical analysis reveals that upheaval.finance resolved to the IP address 172.67.216.208 and was registered through Cloudflare, Inc., which is often used to mask the true hosting location. The domain’s Gridinsoft trust score is 0 out of 100, indicating very low trustworthiness. VirusTotal reports only 2 out of 95 security vendors flagged the domain, but it appears on 3 distinct security blocklists, underpinning the caution advised when encountering this site.

Currently, upheaval.finance has been taken offline, mitigating immediate threats to potential victims. PhishDestroy recommends avoiding this domain entirely and encourages users to remain vigilant for similar crypto drainer schemes. The removal of the site from active status is a positive step, but users should continue to exercise caution with any unsolicited crypto-related offers or links.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      d4a77a10638224c772241c9e4607c4792f77084c4da8f03e003ada1c67092e3c

## 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/upheaval.finance/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=upheaval.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

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