# PhishDestroy threat dossier — 88840.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-07-23 12:55:44 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/88840.xyz/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      11/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      103.27.177.164 (HK, Mong Kok)
ASN:             AS135357 HONG KONG KOWLOON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO.,LIMITED
Hosting org:     HONG KONG KOWLOON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LIMITED
Registrar:       Gname.com Pte. Ltd.
Nameservers:     ["a5.share-dns.com", "b5.share-dns.net"]

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR2
Expires:    2026-09-14
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 18a57f9b950bca83b1dc0321e87aa9f8204efcc8a15ec786aaa6852019b9f0f2
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - 88628.xyz
  - 88638.xyz
  - 88648.xyz
  - 88699.xyz
  - 88700.xyz
  - 88707.xyz
  - 88718.xyz
  - 88771.xyz
  - 88775.xyz
  - 88784.xyz
  - 88790.xyz
  - 88794.xyz
  - 88795.xyz
  - 88796.xyz
  - 88797.xyz
  ... +83 more

## 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:    2026-07-19 13:01:28 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-23 12:22:38 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 13:21:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

88840.xyz — Phishing Investigation Report

88840.xyz is currently flagged as a high‑risk generic phishing infrastructure. The site returns HTTP 200, indicating an active web service. It has been added to a security blocklist and is listed as blocked by PhishDestroy. VirusTotal records show that ten of ninety‑five scanning engines have raised detections against the domain, confirming malicious intent. The domain remains active as of the report date (19 July 2026) and is classified as a generic phishing threat. No additional content analysis, such as page title or branding, is publicly available, so the exact phishing vector cannot be described. At present no WHOIS or hosting metadata has been published in the open‑source feed, leaving the operator’s location and infrastructure undisclosed. Given the active status, multiple vendor detections, and blocklist entry, defenders should immediately block DNS resolution and outbound traffic to 88840.xyz, incorporate the indicator into intrusion‑detection signatures, and monitor for related command‑and‑control patterns. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised in case further payload or campaign details emerge.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      18a57f9b950bca83b1dc0321e87aa9f8204efcc8a15ec786aaa6852019b9f0f2

## 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/88840.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=88840.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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