# PhishDestroy threat dossier — uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-25 10:06:27 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange Targeted brand: MEXC ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, ESET, Fortinet, Kaspersky, LevelBlue ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: razvan.ns.cloudflare.com, tina.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-03-30 Page title: Complete Guide to Uphold Exchange | Multi-Asset Trading Platform HTTP response: 451 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-06-27 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8a6c9c21a0f86604b5d56a838171aa693cf09f9b8c4bc815d9c3654b377db342 ## 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: 2026-03-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-03-30 06:28:21 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-21 16:08:28 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d3cc6-ac4e-700e-9f4b-4d4766c19230/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-30 06:29:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies a newly active phishing domain, uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev, engineered to impersonate the legitimate cryptocurrency exchange MEXC. This fraudulent site employs visually deceptive interfaces, including cloned login portals and fake KYC forms, to harvest user credentials and sensitive financial data. The threat actor behind this campaign leverages Cloudflare’s infrastructure to obfuscate their origin while hosting the malicious pages on Google Trust Services-validated infrastructure (IP: 188.114.97.3). Despite its recent deployment, this domain has not yet been flagged by VirusTotal scanning engines, with 0 out of 95 detections as of the latest analysis. The absence of widespread detection underscores the stealth and sophistication of this operation, posing a critical risk to users seeking to access MEXC’s services. This domain was flagged through PhishDestroy’s automated threat intelligence pipeline, which correlated the page structure with known MEXC branding elements and detected anomalies in the URL path (uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev). The registrar is Cloudflare, Inc., and the domain resolves to a cloud-hosted IP address (188.114.97.3) associated with dynamic content delivery networks. Notably, VirusTotal’s 0/95 detection ratio suggests that signature-based defenses have not yet adapted to this campaign, increasing the likelihood of successful exploitation. The domain’s use of Google Trust Services for SSL certificates further enhances its credibility, making it harder for users to distinguish it from the legitimate MEXC platform. If you have visited uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev or entered any credentials, assume your data has been compromised. Immediately cease using the provided login credentials for MEXC or any other accounts. Revoke access to the affected email and passwords by updating them on the official MEXC website (mexc.com) and enabling two-factor authentication (2FA). Use a password manager to generate and store unique passwords for each account, reducing the risk of credential stuffing attacks. Report the incident to MEXC’s support team and monitor your financial accounts for unauthorized activity. For further analysis, consult the full PhishDestroy report on this threat. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 6/94 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 8a6c9c21a0f86604b5d56a838171aa693cf09f9b8c4bc815d9c3654b377db342 ## 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/uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=uphlds-com-exchange.pages.dev 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