# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vote-ethfi.app ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-04 17:12:03 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vote-ethfi.app/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Drainer ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 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: heidi.ns.cloudflare.com, sonny.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-11 Expires: 2027-06-11 Page title: ether.fi — $ETHFI Rewards Distribution HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-09 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: c7c0ccba32473d05ed20b0c7b0ea0f932e3dc71dca0d4acab64d56aeb0d5ef2b ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-11 09:29:16 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-11 07:31:51 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-04 16:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-18 00:06:34 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019eb594-5ff8-74db-a657-40a8413a6921/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/4ac2b7c7-6cbc-4b3b-8f32-29b4ebed19e4 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vote-ethfi.app crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vote-ethfi.app Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vote-ethfi.app AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vote-ethfi.app URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vote-ethfi.app/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 23:51:02 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-ethfi.app, is identified as a crypto drainer site specifically designed to impersonate the legitimate ether.fi platform. The page title, 'ether.fi — $ETHFI Rewards Distribution,' directly mimics the branding and reward distribution announcements of the authentic ether.fi project, a known staking protocol in the Ethereum ecosystem. Analysis indicates the site likely employs a cryptocurrency drainer kit, tricking users into connecting wallets under the guise of claiming rewards, which results in unauthorized fund transfers. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 11, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3 and currently holds a Gridinsoft trust score of 0 out of 100. VirusTotal reports 4 out of 95 security vendors flagging the domain as malicious, while it appears on three distinct security blocklists. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, which, while not inherently malicious, is commonly exploited by threat actors to lend a false sense of legitimacy to phishing infrastructure. As of the latest verification, vote-ethfi.app has been taken offline, mitigating immediate user exposure. However, the domain remains registered, and the infrastructure could be reactivated or repurposed. Users who interacted with the site are advised to revoke any connected wallet permissions and monitor accounts for unauthorized transactions. The continued registration of the domain and the use of a low-reputation registrar suggest residual risk, warranting ongoing monitoring of related infrastructure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260611-93AC96 Favicon MD5: 47fb2ccd7101e2639d07857e40c7a113 TLS cert SHA-256: c7c0ccba32473d05ed20b0c7b0ea0f932e3dc71dca0d4acab64d56aeb0d5ef2b ## 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-ethfi.app/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vote-ethfi.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 174,666 domains (12,655 alive under monitoring, 161,167 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io