# PhishDestroy threat dossier — x-upshift.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 01:43:35 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/x-upshift.xyz/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 61/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/94 security vendors flagged this domain

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Nameservers:     derek.ns.cloudflare.com, sonia.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-19
Page title:      Upshift Finance
HTTP response:   429

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-07-18
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: a8a1b2aec0950ab29f6fca2f43fe1903f8d1f26ace6a33b107830cb4b562f2aa

## 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: 2026-04-19 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-20 06:31:59 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-04-20 03:32:49 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 04:06:17 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 04:06:17 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/019da8f1-21fc-7429-9dbb-4226bf01e060/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/8a968531-2058-4801-b7cb-0898baffb1b0
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/x-upshift.xyz
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.x-upshift.xyz
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=x-upshift.xyz
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/x-upshift.xyz
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/x-upshift.xyz/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-20 06:32:53 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies x-upshift.xyz as an active cryptocurrency-draining scam masquerading as Upshift Finance, a legitimate financial services brand. The domain pairs ‘Upshift’ with ‘.xyz’ to mimic the genuine upshift.finance, indicating a deliberate brand-impersonation campaign aimed at cryptocurrency holders seeking yield or loans. Technical analysis confirms the presence of a crypto-drainer kit hosted at 188.114.97.3, engineered to siphon victim wallets under the guise of onboarding or yield generation. 

Fingerprinting reveals the domain was registered on April 19, 2026 via PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com, resolves to IP 188.114.97.3, and holds a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for superficial legitimacy. Notably, VirusTotal currently scores the page at 0/95 detections, and Google Safe Browsing has not yet flagged the URL. Third-party blocklist tallies remain unverified, leaving browsers and security tools unaware of its malicious intent. 

At present, x-upshift.xyz remains active and unmitigated, posing immediate risk to cryptocurrency users enticed by false Upshift branding. Users are advised to block the domain and IP at firewall and DNS levels, refrain from wallet connections, and report the page to browser vendors and threat-intel teams. Remaining risk is high until widespread detection catches the drainer kit and domain sinkholing occurs.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 3/94 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260420-CF7D75
Favicon MD5:       eecd0f5aea7d7c5f61f6d74c113cd0c3
TLS cert SHA-256:      a8a1b2aec0950ab29f6fca2f43fe1903f8d1f26ace6a33b107830cb4b562f2aa

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/x-upshift.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=x-upshift.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

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