# PhishDestroy threat dossier — voting-ethfi.app ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-05 13:32:20 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/voting-ethfi.app/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (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: nico.ns.cloudflare.com, raina.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-12 Expires: 2027-06-12 Page title: ether.fi — $ETHFI Rewards Distribution ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-10 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b609270c23b33c26e53957f7397a88dddac3a8a39e77036e2a610608214b2404 ## 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 11:23:55 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-06-12 09:52:43 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-07-05 12:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-18 00:27:08 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ebb23-ca6c-75b9-a62f-8f24aa5aea6a/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/f0b84bc2-28ef-4388-b233-f705bab0f8fa Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/voting-ethfi.app crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.voting-ethfi.app Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=voting-ethfi.app AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/voting-ethfi.app URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/voting-ethfi.app/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 17:49:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, voting-ethfi.app, is currently flagged as an active phishing site targeting Ethereum staking participants. The infrastructure impersonates ether.fi, a legitimate Ethereum liquid staking protocol, by presenting a fraudulent $ETHFI rewards distribution interface. Analysis confirms the domain remains operational despite multiple security interventions, posing a significant credential and asset theft risk to cryptocurrency users. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 12, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, an offshore registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. The site resolves to IP address 188.114.96.3 and is secured by a Google Trust Services SSL certificate (WE1), which may lend false legitimacy to unsuspecting visitors. Security vendors have flagged the domain in 2 of 95 VirusTotal scans, while three independent blocklists—including PhishDestroy and SEAL—have classified it as malicious. The page title, ether.fi — $ETHFI Rewards Distribution, directly mimics the branding of the legitimate ether.fi platform, increasing the likelihood of successful social engineering attacks. Current status indicates the domain remains active and accessible, with no evidence of takedown or mitigation. The combination of offshore registration, recent creation date, and targeted impersonation of a high-value DeFi service elevates the risk profile. Organizations and individuals are advised to implement immediate network-level blocking of the domain and associated IP address. End users should verify all staking reward claims through official ether.fi channels and avoid interacting with any unsolicited reward distribution prompts. Enhanced monitoring of cryptocurrency transaction patterns is recommended to detect potential unauthorized access or fund transfers linked to this phishing campaign. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260612-31DA21 Favicon MD5: 1e1e2880f61d33ae2ea35b25b153b379 TLS cert SHA-256: b609270c23b33c26e53957f7397a88dddac3a8a39e77036e2a610608214b2404 ## 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/voting-ethfi.app/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=voting-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: 174,893 domains (13,469 alive under monitoring, 160,547 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io