# PhishDestroy threat dossier — water-whitelisting.pages.dev
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Fetched:   2026-07-05 16:16:28 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/water-whitelisting.pages.dev/

## VERDICT
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HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed
Composite threat score: 64/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: BitDefender, ESET, G-Data, Kaspersky
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     armfazh.ns.cloudflare.com, nucum.ns.cloudflare.com
Page title:      $WATER - OFFICIAL WEBSITE
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-19
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9dccf3c3f40af36ac2849af352b85800abf250e40d21ecac8cd65bdc2dd9535e

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-05 15:32:03 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-05 18:00:04 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f3279-b79a-757b-8dcb-3c3f6fc63ade/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/water-whitelisting.pages.dev
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.water-whitelisting.pages.dev
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=water-whitelisting.pages.dev
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/water-whitelisting.pages.dev
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/water-whitelisting.pages.dev/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-05 15:35:11 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain, water-whitelisting.pages.dev, is identified as a cryptocurrency phishing site targeting users of the $WATER token. Analysis of the page title, "$WATER - OFFICIAL WEBSITE," indicates an attempt to impersonate the legitimate $WATER project, likely to deceive victims into disclosing wallet credentials or transferring funds to attacker-controlled addresses. No explicit drainer kit signatures have been observed, but the domain exhibits characteristics consistent with token scams, including the use of a fabricated "official" branding narrative.  Technical indicators for water-whitelisting.pages.dev include a VirusTotal detection score of 4/95, with security vendors flagging it for phishing activity. The domain is registered through Cloudflare, Inc., and resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3, a Cloudflare proxy endpoint. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, a common feature in phishing infrastructure to mimic legitimacy. No creation date is publicly available due to Cloudflare Pages' dynamic hosting model, and the domain is not currently listed in Google Safe Browsing. Blocklist aggregators show minimal coverage, suggesting recent deployment or evasion tactics.  As of the latest assessment, water-whitelisting.pages.dev remains active and continues to host phishing content. Recommended response actions include submitting the domain to additional blocklists, notifying Cloudflare for takedown under abuse policies, and alerting cryptocurrency wallet providers to preemptively block interactions. Despite low initial detection rates, the domain poses a high risk due to its active status and targeted impersonation of a cryptocurrency project. Users are advised to verify token websites exclusively through official project channels and avoid interacting with unsolicited links.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       99449c0bb18c1bc5aacab83f191f6fbc
TLS cert SHA-256:      9dccf3c3f40af36ac2849af352b85800abf250e40d21ecac8cd65bdc2dd9535e

## 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/water-whitelisting.pages.dev/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=water-whitelisting.pages.dev
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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