# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vote-pendlefinance.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 07:20:03 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vote-pendlefinance.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Targeted brand: Pendle Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_divergence) (score: 1/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (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: ariella.ns.cloudflare.com, pablo.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-19 Expires: 2027-06-19 HTTP response: 403 ## 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: 2026-06-19 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 16:09:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-28 15:57:19 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-29 08:20:35 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0e8e-db00-730f-9436-a0ee84f4701e/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/29f1c8e9-be25-47c2-95bb-170b8f7aa4de Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vote-pendlefinance.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vote-pendlefinance.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vote-pendlefinance.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vote-pendlefinance.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vote-pendlefinance.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 17:45:53 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-pendlefinance.xyz, is actively engaged in brand impersonation targeting Pendle, a known decentralized finance protocol. Analysis confirms the domain is currently active and designed to deceive users by mimicking legitimate Pendle branding, likely for fraudulent financial activities such as crypto asset theft or unauthorized transactions. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 19, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3 and is flagged by 5 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. Additionally, the domain appears on 2 security blocklists and has been identified in 1 AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulse. The Gridinsoft trust score for this domain is 0/100, indicating a high level of malicious activity. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, which may lend a false sense of legitimacy to unsuspecting users. The domain remains active and poses an elevated risk to users interacting with Pendle-related services. Immediate mitigation steps are recommended, including blocking the domain and associated IP address at the network level. Organizations should update endpoint protection rules to flag this domain as malicious and alert users to avoid interaction with any communications or websites linked to vote-pendlefinance.xyz. Monitoring for related domains registered through the same registrar or resolving to the same IP is advised to preempt further threats. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 5/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260628-1E2212 Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 ## 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/vote-pendlefinance.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vote-pendlefinance.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 172,325 domains (13,629 alive under monitoring, 158,147 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io