# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vangold.finance ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-06 22:57:14 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vangold.finance/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 91/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: arbitrum (and: coinmarketcap, facebook, linkedin, pancakeswap, polygon) Wallet drainer: Wallet Connect Abuse ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: jermaine.ns.cloudflare.com, nancy.ns.cloudflare.com Page title: Vangold | AI-Powered Yield Finder HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-06-06 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 633161496fb7bc995085a69f471dc20e2af13def8b8339e56f851ba46a0afaf9 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2025-11-16 05:27:32 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-04 01:36:20 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 15:27:35 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019a8b21-ab55-708c-809f-2a1be297a3b4/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vangold.finance crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vangold.finance Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vangold.finance AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vangold.finance URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vangold.finance/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-24 00:29:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies vangold.finance as a domain linked to low-risk crypto drainer activity, primarily abusing Wallet Connect protocols to illicitly extract funds from users. The domain was advertised as "Vangold | AI-Powered Yield Finder," likely to lure victims into trusting the platform for cryptocurrency yield optimization. Although the threat level is assessed as low, users engaging with this domain risk unauthorized wallet access and financial loss. The domain vangold.finance resolved to the IP address 188.114.96.3 and was registered through Cloudflare, Inc., a common registrar for both legitimate and malicious sites. VirusTotal results flagged 2 out of 95 security vendors, indicating limited but credible detection. Additionally, the domain appeared on two security blocklists, reinforcing its association with malicious activity. The drainer kit employed was identified as Wallet Connect Abuse, a technique exploiting the Wallet Connect protocol to drain victims' crypto wallets through unauthorized session hijacking or malicious transaction signing. Currently, vangold.finance is offline and no longer accessible, reducing immediate risks. However, given the nature of the threat and potential for reactivation under different domains, users should remain vigilant. It is advised to avoid interaction with this domain or any related URLs, ensure wallet security by using hardware wallets or trusted software, and monitor for suspicious transactions. Reporting suspicious activity to security vendors and updating wallet access credentials after any exposure is recommended to mitigate risks. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: fa5d356e639307804834024b631529b5 TLS cert SHA-256: 633161496fb7bc995085a69f471dc20e2af13def8b8339e56f851ba46a0afaf9 ## 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/vangold.finance/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vangold.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 157,278 domains (42,525 alive under monitoring, 113,918 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io