# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vote-arc.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-06-27 09:59:43 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vote-arc.xyz/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 63/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Nameservers:     curt.ns.cloudflare.com, zara.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-24
Expires:         2027-06-24
Page title:      Arc | The Economic OS | Stablecoin-native L1 blockchain
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-22
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9a9201b58964a798baec190a2e77cb2ca4078d77d187a3365539c10e7b23f8d9

## 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: 2026-06-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-26 15:41:45 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-26 13:43:21 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-27 10:30:20 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-26 18:16:44 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/019f0429-7b58-766a-bab3-58a361fe6574/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/29c77b35-6679-438d-b579-9169b1a6bc6b
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/vote-arc.xyz
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vote-arc.xyz
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vote-arc.xyz
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vote-arc.xyz
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vote-arc.xyz/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-26 15:48:08 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain, vote-arc.xyz, is currently under investigation for credential theft targeting users through a fraudulent private browsing interface. The page title 'New Private Tab' suggests an attempt to impersonate legitimate browser privacy features, likely to harvest login credentials or session tokens. As of this report, the domain remains active and operational.  Analysis of the infrastructure reveals the following technical indicators: the domain resolves to IP address 188.114.96.3 and was registered on June 24, 2026, through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, which may lend an appearance of legitimacy. VirusTotal reports 0 detections across 95 vendors, indicating no prior flagging or blocklisting at the time of this assessment. The domain's creation date is notably in the future (2026), which may indicate an attempt to evade reputation-based detection systems that rely on domain age.  Current status confirms the domain is still active and serving content. Given the absence of detections on public blocklists, organizations should treat this domain as a high-priority threat due to its potential for credential theft. Immediate actions are recommended: block the domain and its resolving IP (188.114.96.3) at the network perimeter, monitor for internal connections to this infrastructure, and alert users to the risks of interacting with private browsing-themed pages from untrusted sources. Security teams should also review logs for any prior connections to vote-arc.xyz or its associated IP to identify potential compromised accounts or data exposure.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260626-CA9067
Favicon MD5:       94358b46a62e8dd080932b8fcde0cd82
TLS cert SHA-256:      9a9201b58964a798baec190a2e77cb2ca4078d77d187a3365539c10e7b23f8d9

## 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/vote-arc.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vote-arc.xyz
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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