# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vote-upshift.digital ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-29 04:05:27 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vote-upshift.digital/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Drainer ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.66.154 (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: ["sid.ns.cloudflare.com", "mariah.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-04-29 Expires: 2027-04-29 Page title: Upshift Finance HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-07-28 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 80458f611b3c08347af6d22d0532259cff4abec6bb4f0137899207588a285bfc ## 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: 2026-04-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-29 04:09:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-04-29 04:09:50 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-29 04:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 17:33:34 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dd6c6-4fb6-7283-bdf8-a6dbb3bbd324/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/vote-upshift.digital crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vote-upshift.digital Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vote-upshift.digital AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vote-upshift.digital URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vote-upshift.digital/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 06:46:37 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-upshift.digital, is identified as a crypto drainer scam designed to impersonate Upshift Finance, a legitimate financial platform. The site employs deceptive tactics to trick users into connecting cryptocurrency wallets, enabling attackers to siphon funds through malicious smart contracts or credential harvesting scripts. The page title explicitly mimics Upshift Finance, reinforcing the brand impersonation strategy to lower user vigilance and increase the likelihood of successful exploitation. Such campaigns typically target users through phishing links distributed via social media, email, or compromised advertisements, leveraging urgency or fake rewards to prompt interaction. Analysis indicates the domain exhibits multiple high-risk indicators. It is registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with fraudulent domains, and was created on April 29, 2026, suggesting an attempt to appear legitimate through a future-dated registration. The domain resolves to the IP address 104.21.66.154, a Cloudflare-associated address often used to obfuscate hosting infrastructure. VirusTotal detection metrics reveal that 5 out of 95 security vendors flag this domain as malicious, while it appears on three independent security blocklists. Additionally, the domain is referenced in one AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulse, further corroborating its association with active malicious campaigns. The SSL certificate, issued by Let’s Encrypt, provides basic encryption but does not mitigate the underlying threat. Users who have visited vote-upshift.digital or interacted with its content should take immediate remedial action. Disconnect any cryptocurrency wallets linked to the site and revoke permissions for suspicious smart contracts using a blockchain explorer or wallet management tool. Monitor wallet activity for unauthorized transactions and consider transferring funds to a new wallet if compromise is suspected. Report the domain to relevant security platforms to aid in broader threat mitigation. Exercise heightened caution with unsolicited links, verify domain authenticity through official channels, and enable multi-factor authentication on all financial and cryptocurrency accounts to reduce future risk exposure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: eecd0f5aea7d7c5f61f6d74c113cd0c3 TLS cert SHA-256: 80458f611b3c08347af6d22d0532259cff4abec6bb4f0137899207588a285bfc ## 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-upshift.digital/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vote-upshift.digital 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: 172,272 domains (14,875 alive under monitoring, 156,851 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io