# PhishDestroy threat dossier — votes-apyx.finance ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-05 13:34:31 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/votes-apyx.finance/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.212.86 (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: keaton.ns.cloudflare.com, oaklyn.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-12 Expires: 2027-06-11 Page title: Apyx ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-09 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f495e13aea8eb06c0a227350cf5353b43d2f4c8b3d08a097accc435545efd859 ## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-12 11:18:23 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-12 11:18:23 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-05 12:20:36 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/019ebb1e-d8cb-7584-8106-2a69d097034d/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/votes-apyx.finance crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.votes-apyx.finance Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=votes-apyx.finance AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/votes-apyx.finance URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/votes-apyx.finance/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 23:21:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain votes-apyx.finance is identified as a generic_phishing threat and is currently offline. This domain appears to impersonate the brand Apyx. Analysis indicates that votes-apyx.finance was flagged by 1 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. The domain is registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and resolves to the IP address 172.67.212.86. It was created on June 12, 2026, and appears on 3 security blocklists. The Gridinsoft trust score for this domain is 0/100, indicating a high level of distrust. The technologies detected on this domain include jsDelivr, crypto-js, Cloudflare Browser Insights, and Cloudflare, with the domain supporting HTTP/3. The page title is 'Apyx'. The current status of votes-apyx.finance is offline. Security teams are advised to monitor for any reactivation of this domain. Additionally, users and organizations should ensure that their security software and blocklists are updated to include this domain. Any attempts to access this domain should be treated with caution, and network administrators should consider implementing DNS-level blocking to prevent accidental access. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 1/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: c15f8aa7f11e11100592b67eecefccc2 TLS cert SHA-256: f495e13aea8eb06c0a227350cf5353b43d2f4c8b3d08a097accc435545efd859 ## 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/votes-apyx.finance/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=votes-apyx.finance 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: 174,893 domains (13,469 alive under monitoring, 160,547 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io