# PhishDestroy threat dossier — whir.cash ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-31 17:22:12 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/whir.cash/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 71/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Bitcoin ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.33.174 (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: hayes.ns.cloudflare.com, nicole.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-07-25 Expires: 2027-07-25 Page title: Whir - Bitcoin Mixer | Anonymous BTC Mixing Service HTTP response: 500 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 59639366baea2e108a4ed9b9e589d3484f3c874b70eae713cf874b7659d7b9ef ## 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: 2026-07-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-28 20:04:13 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-31 16:20:23 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-31 12:46:01 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019faa0a-b51c-7058-ba9c-ec9e1cf3d258/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/whir.cash crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.whir.cash Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=whir.cash AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/whir.cash URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/whir.cash/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-28 20:05:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] whir.cash — Cloudflare-Hosted Phishing Domain Investigation Analysis of the domain whir.cash reveals infrastructure consistent with active phishing operations. Registered on July 25, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, the domain remains unresolved by major Safe Browsing services but is flagged by one security vendor on VirusTotal, with PhishDestroy listing it on a blocklist. The domain resolves to IP address 104.21.33.174, a Cloudflare-hosted endpoint, and utilizes Cloudflare nameservers (hayes.ns.cloudflare.com and nicole.ns.cloudflare.com), a common tactic to obscure origin infrastructure and evade takedowns. No specific brand or scam type has been confirmed through available metadata, though the domain name suggests a potential focus on cryptocurrency or financial fraud. The lack of widespread detection at this stage may indicate early-stage deployment or evasion techniques. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk due to its recent registration, Cloudflare hosting, and blocklist presence. Immediate monitoring of DNS resolution, SSL certificate issuance, and HTTP response patterns is recommended to identify further indicators of compromise. If internal logs show connections to this domain, investigate for credential harvesting or malware distribution activity. Takedown requests should be directed to the registrar and Cloudflare’s abuse channels, with evidence of malicious activity. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 60f313e3f662ae94e3566f54cf0f7268 TLS cert SHA-256: 59639366baea2e108a4ed9b9e589d3484f3c874b70eae713cf874b7659d7b9ef ## 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/whir.cash/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=whir.cash 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: 196,408 domains (84,128 alive under monitoring, 27,268 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io