krstaking.com presents a fake staking portal that claims to offer up to 11.2% yearly yield on Bitcoin, Tether and Ethereum. It copies the look and name of the legitimate Korean service StakeHub to attract Korean‑language crypto users. PhishDestroy first recorded the domain on 2026-10-19, the same day it was registered, and the site is listed as alive but its content was unreachable when checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page title advertises “코인 스테이킹 최대 연 11.2%” (coin staking up to 11.2% per year), a classic bait for investors seeking passive income. Victims are typically prompted to connect a cryptocurrency wallet or transfer funds to an address to “activate” the staking service. Once the wallet is linked or the funds are sent, the operators can empty the account or disappear with the deposited assets, leaving the victim with no real staking mechanism.
Evidence
VirusTotal scanned the domain and recorded one positive detection out of 92 engines, flagged by SOCRadar. The domain appears in four OTX pulses, indicating community awareness of malicious activity. PhishDestroy has added krstaking.com to its blocklist. No detections were reported from Google Safe Browsing, urlscan.io, or Spamhaus at the time of analysis.
Infrastructure
krstaking.com was registered on 2026-10-19 through the registrar Gransy, s.r.o., suggesting a domain created specifically for this campaign. The site is hosted on a single server at IP 166.117.93.67, indicating a modest infrastructure. The rapid registration and immediate blocklisting point to a short‑lived operation designed to harvest funds quickly.
What to do
Anyone who visited the site, entered personal data, or connected a crypto wallet should immediately revoke any token approvals, change all related passwords, and enable two‑factor authentication. Monitor blockchain activity for unauthorized transfers and report any loss to the wallet provider or exchange. Security teams should block krstaking.com at the network perimeter, add it to internal threat feeds, and watch for similarly named staking domains registered by Gransy, s.r.o. Educate users to avoid unsolicited high‑return staking offers, especially those presented in Korean without verifiable provenance.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
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모든 URL 및 도메인 사기꾼이 사용한 (다음과 같은 것들을 포함하여 krstaking.com)
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회복 사기 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
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