# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vote-axelar.network ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 09:05:39 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vote-axelar.network/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 93/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.44.167 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: jermaine.ns.cloudflare.com, vida.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-21 Expires: 2027-07-21 Page title: Ecosystem | Axelar Network HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-19 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8095920fddbf8ac9f619c0a165077e6f0c8d19e99158e386151a96dd97c6733e ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-07-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-26 15:22:41 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-27 08:20:29 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f9e9b-2580-721b-97c8-279a879f11cf/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vote-axelar.network crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vote-axelar.network Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vote-axelar.network AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vote-axelar.network URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vote-axelar.network/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-26 15:26:48 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] vote-axelar.network: Fake Governance Phishing Site Targeting This domain, vote-axelar.network, is under investigation as a confirmed phishing site designed to target users of the Axelar network, a cross-chain communication protocol. Registered on July 21, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, the domain remains active and resolves to the IP address 104.21.44.167, which is hosted on Cloudflare infrastructure, as indicated by its nameservers (jermaine.ns.cloudflare.com and vida.ns.cloudflare.com). The use of Cloudflare is a common tactic among threat actors to obscure the true origin of malicious sites and evade takedown efforts. As of July 26, 2026, the domain appears on one security blocklist, though it has not yet been flagged by any of the 91 vendors that scanned it on VirusTotal. The absence of detections in VirusTotal does not confirm the domain's safety; rather, it may reflect a lag in detection or the use of evasion techniques. The domain's registration age—just five days old at the time of this report—aligns with typical phishing campaign timelines, where newly registered domains are frequently weaponized before detection mechanisms can respond. Infrastructure analysis reveals that the domain is configured to mimic governance or voting portals associated with Axelar, likely to deceive users into disclosing sensitive credentials or private keys. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk, particularly for organizations or individuals involved in cross-chain or DeFi activities. Immediate actions include blocking the domain at the DNS or firewall level, monitoring for connections to the IP 104.21.44.167, and alerting users to the potential threat. Given the domain's active status and the lack of widespread detection, further investigation is warranted to determine the full scope of the campaign, including any associated wallet addresses or secondary domains. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 463e26b09343c65a3d8bad02fae83d33 TLS cert SHA-256: 8095920fddbf8ac9f619c0a165077e6f0c8d19e99158e386151a96dd97c6733e ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vote-axelar.network/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vote-axelar.network 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 204,177 domains (79,601 alive under monitoring, 123,545 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io