# PhishDestroy threat dossier — uphold-login-help.tem3.io
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Fetched:   2026-07-14 12:40:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/uphold-login-help.tem3.io/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 89/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Sophos, VIPRE

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     justin.ns.cloudflare.com, val.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2024-08-02
Expires:         2026-08-02
Page title:      Log In | Uphold®: | Sign In to Your Account

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2024-08-02 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-14 12:27:02 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-14 13:00:12 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f6029-a91e-73ab-9f2a-15865a570f8c/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/uphold-login-help.tem3.io
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.uphold-login-help.tem3.io
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=uphold-login-help.tem3.io
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/uphold-login-help.tem3.io
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/uphold-login-help.tem3.io/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-14 12:40:19 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Analysis of uphold-login-help.tem3.io indicates that the domain was registered on 2024-08-02 through GoDaddy.com, LLC and remains active as of the 2026-07-14 assessment. The authoritative nameservers are justin.ns.cloudflare.com and val.ns.cloudflare.com, pointing the domain to the IP address 188.114.97.3. The observed malicious behavior is classified as credential phishing, and eight of ninety-one VirusTotal scanners have flagged the domain as malicious. No public content has been retrieved, so the exact phishing landing page and any credential-harvesting mechanisms are unknown. The infrastructure appears limited to a single IP and Cloudflare DNS, suggesting a low-complexity deployment that can be rapidly re-hosted if takedown occurs. Defenders should add the fully qualified domain name and its resolved IP to block lists at perimeter firewalls, proxy servers, and endpoint DNS filters. Continuous DNS monitoring for changes to the A record or additional sub-domains is advised, as the attacker may pivot to new hosts. Logging of outbound connections to 188.114.97.3 and alerting on TLS handshakes to this host will aid detection. Given the high risk rating, organizations should also educate users about unsolicited login assistance requests that reference “uphold” or similar services, even though the specific brand targeted by this domain has not been disclosed.

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/uphold-login-help.tem3.io/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=uphold-login-help.tem3.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

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