# PhishDestroy threat dossier — votesurge.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-30 21:58:16 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/votesurge.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 97/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/94 security vendors flagged this domain ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.181.254 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: daisy.ns.cloudflare.com, rustam.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-22 Page title: Website unavailable HTTP response: 530 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-07-21 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f52c97e198fbdc2c1237689d4ff314721c53063179dc3c70f83f30a2f8fc29f6 ## 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: 2026-04-22 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-24 18:20:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-04-24 15:21:21 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-04-30 19:40:23 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dc011-e4c2-766d-a75f-491952427a65/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/4d4648ff-d4ef-457a-b547-c887d6c7c1cc Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/votesurge.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.votesurge.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=votesurge.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/votesurge.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/votesurge.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-24 18:20:47 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies votesurge.xyz as an active crypto drainer phishing domain under investigation. Registered on April 22, 2026, this domain poses a high-risk threat to cryptocurrency users, deploying drainer scripts to siphon digital assets from unsuspecting victims. The domain does not currently mimic a specific brand but instead leverages a generic, high-entropy name to evade detection. Analysis suggests the infrastructure is configured to host deceptive web interfaces or fake giveaways, typical of crypto drainer operations aimed at exploiting blockchain transaction approvals. This domain was flagged by PhishDestroy with zero detections on VirusTotal (0/95), indicating a newly emergent and undetected threat. It resolves to IP address 172.67.181.254 and is registered through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. The SSL certificate is issued by Let’s Encrypt, and the domain was created on April 22, 2026. As of this report, the domain remains unlisted on Google Safe Browsing (GSB) and has not been flagged by major threat intelligence blocklists, increasing its potential reach and danger to early-interaction victims. The status of votesurge.xyz is active with ongoing deployment of malicious resources. PhishDestroy has flagged this domain and shared indicators with the threat intelligence community to accelerate detection and blocking. Users are strongly advised to avoid visiting this domain, verify all URLs before engagement, and report any suspicious transactions or wallet interactions. While the immediate risk is elevated due to low detection coverage, coordinated response efforts are underway to mitigate further exploitation. Remaining risk depends on rapid uptake by detection engines and network defense systems. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 11/94 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260424-D0A47F Favicon MD5: 289ca844f56028a166ec70167eb7ec1d TLS cert SHA-256: f52c97e198fbdc2c1237689d4ff314721c53063179dc3c70f83f30a2f8fc29f6 ## 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/votesurge.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=votesurge.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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io