# PhishDestroy threat dossier — usdtstake.app
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Fetched:   2026-06-30 22:23:51 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/usdtstake.app/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 93/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Generic Phishing
Phishing kit: Staking Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      18.208.88.157 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
ASN:             ASAS14618 AMAZON-AES - Amazon.com, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Nameservers:     dns1.p04.nsone.net, dns2.p04.nsone.net, dns3.p04.nsone.net, dns4.p04.nsone.net
Registered:      2025-10-26
Expires:         2026-10-26
Page title:      USDT STAKE - USDT Staking Platform

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE2
Expires:    2026-09-21
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 5c58c58ade181c286d1ab50baf957da5d26614a99e759659241bbe7c628b1e5a

## 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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Domain registered: 2025-10-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-23 18:21:05 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-23 16:22:43 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-01 00:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-25 03:04:03 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/019ef548-3f04-74f8-9284-0ab69ba4fbbf/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/1594fec8-71a5-43d6-a963-261906c75c3f
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/usdtstake.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.usdtstake.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=usdtstake.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/usdtstake.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/usdtstake.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 14:55:21 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain usdtstake.app is currently live and actively serving traffic, identified as a generic phishing operation with a high threat score of 71/100. It has been flagged as malicious by 2 out of 95 security vendors, including Gridinsoft, and is listed on one public blocklist, though it is not flagged by Google Safe Browsing.

Registered with PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com, the domain was created on 2025-10-26 and first seen on 2026-06-23. The hosting IP address is 35.157.26.135. Given its high threat level, block the domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar's abuse desk.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260623-307F0F
Favicon MD5:       c5641ebea51e5bd28637c88143712e0b
TLS cert SHA-256:      5c58c58ade181c286d1ab50baf957da5d26614a99e759659241bbe7c628b1e5a

## 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/usdtstake.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=usdtstake.app
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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