# PhishDestroy threat dossier — walrus.city
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Fetched:   2026-07-26 04:10:59 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/walrus.city/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Brand Impersonation
Targeted brand: sui

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, Fortinet, Google Safebrowsing, Lionic, Seclookup
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      76.76.21.98 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Walrus Claiming Portal

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R13
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:21:13 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:21:13 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-26 04:21:11 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-12 14:49:15 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/0198d395-403c-732f-a9ac-f01affd7a5df/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/c1dc9af3-aa40-43f7-82dc-5db55d16113a
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/walrus.city
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.walrus.city
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=walrus.city
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/walrus.city
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/walrus.city/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 17:59:56 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

walrus.city Fake Sui Brand Impersonation Alert

PhishDestroy identifies walrus.city as an elevated risk domain engaged in brand impersonation, specifically targeting the Sui blockchain project. This domain poses a concrete threat by masquerading as an official Walrus claiming portal, likely designed to harvest users' wallet credentials or private keys through a fake airdrop or token claim interface. The domain's sole purpose appears to be deceiving Sui community members into believing they are interacting with a legitimate protocol.

Technical analysis reveals multiple red flags: VirusTotal reports that 8 out of 95 security vendors flag this domain as malicious. The domain was registered on February 21, 2026, and resolves to IP address 76.76.21.98. It uses an R13 SSL certificate and appears on one security blocklist. The page title is explicitly "Walrus Claiming Portal," which directly mimics the branding of Walrus, a storage protocol built on Sui. Despite being taken offline, the domain's infrastructure and historical data remain concerning.

Users who may have interacted with walrus.city should immediately revoke any permissions granted to the site and change passwords for associated accounts. Since this is a brand impersonation attack, the safest course is to only use official channels—such as the verified Sui Foundation website or official Walrus documentation—for any token claims or protocol interactions. Enabling two-factor authentication and monitoring wallet activity for unauthorized transactions are also critical steps. PhishDestroy recommends reporting any similar domains to the Sui team and avoiding clicking on unsolicited links promoting claims or airdrops.

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/walrus.city/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=walrus.city
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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