# PhishDestroy threat dossier — upholdlxmg.gitbook.io
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Fetched:   2026-05-18 21:33:50 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/upholdlxmg.gitbook.io/

## VERDICT
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HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed
Composite threat score: 64/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      13/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, ESET, Emsisoft, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, Netcraft, Sophos, Webroot
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.18.40.47
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc
Nameservers:     dahlia.ns.cloudflare.com, hugh.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2014-03-30
Page title:      Ûphold | Login - Log In to Account
HTTP response:   200

## 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: 2014-03-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-18 21:31:20 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-05-18 22:02:17 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019e3c59-baad-733e-91ec-46902b6a889b/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/upholdlxmg.gitbook.io
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.upholdlxmg.gitbook.io
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=upholdlxmg.gitbook.io
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/upholdlxmg.gitbook.io
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/upholdlxmg.gitbook.io/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-05-18 21:32:13 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies upholdlxmg.gitbook.io as an active credential-stealing site that mimics the legitimate Uphold cryptocurrency platform. Visitors who enter their username and password risk handing direct access to their wallets and funds to attackers.  

This domain was flagged by Google Safe Browsing as social-engineering and by 13 of 95 VirusTotal security vendors. It was registered through Cloudflare on March 30, 2014 and resolves to the IP 104.18.40.47, hosted behind Google Trust Services SSL.  

If you visited upholdlxmg.gitbook.io, log out immediately, change your Uphold password on the genuine site, and scan your devices for malware. Revoke any API keys or browser-saved credentials tied to the stolen account and enable two-factor authentication if you haven’t already.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       5e8cede92d93520fd5c06ea49037970e

## 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/upholdlxmg.gitbook.io/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=upholdlxmg.gitbook.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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