# PhishDestroy threat dossier — advancedpclhms-edu.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-01 21:56:54 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/advancedpclhms-edu.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island) ASN: AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE Hosting org: MIT Registrar: TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown Nameservers: dns1.lytehosting.com, dns2.lytehosting.com, dns3.lytehosting.com, dns4.lytehosting.com Registered: 2025-11-19 Expires: 2026-11-19 Page title: APCLHMS - A.P. College of Law, Humanities and Management Studies ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R13 Expires: 2026-08-20 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 0537565aabe819837d52cf3c321f21324c12a4b47e23f00b31753b22350d8d79 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - apcollege-edu.com - www.advancedpclhms-edu.com.advancedpcedutt-edu.com - www.apcollege-edu.com.advancedpcedutt-edu.com ## 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: 2025-11-19 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-01 04:02:31 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-01 02:09:44 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-01 23:45:17 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-01 12:02:52 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f1b68-b9d3-775a-be51-47e4cfc14df6/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/378277fb-5cec-48de-9220-11f11bbce5e3 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/advancedpclhms-edu.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.advancedpclhms-edu.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=advancedpclhms-edu.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/advancedpclhms-edu.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/advancedpclhms-edu.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-01 04:05:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged under active investigation for credential harvesting phishing, targeting students and faculty of the A.P. College of Law, Humanities and Management Studies. The site mimics the legitimate institution’s branding, including an identical page title, to deceive users into submitting login credentials, personal information, or financial details. Analysis indicates a high likelihood of targeted social engineering, given the specificity of the impersonated entity and the domain’s recent registration. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: the domain advancedpclhms-edu.com was registered on November 19, 2025, through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown. It resolves to the IP address 163.61.188.7 and currently holds a 0/95 detection rate on VirusTotal, indicating no prior flagging by security vendors. The SSL certificate is issued by Let’s Encrypt, a common choice for both legitimate and malicious sites due to its free and automated issuance process. No blocklist entries or trust score downgrades were identified at the time of analysis, suggesting the domain has not yet been widely recognized as malicious. Mitigation steps for this credential harvesting threat include immediate blocking of the domain and its resolving IP (163.61.188.7) at the network perimeter. Organizations should deploy email filtering rules to quarantine messages containing links to advancedpclhms-edu.com or its associated infrastructure. End-user awareness training should emphasize the risks of credential submission on unverified sites, particularly those impersonating educational institutions. Security teams are advised to monitor for unusual authentication attempts or data exfiltration patterns originating from internal networks, as compromised credentials may be leveraged for further attacks. Given the domain’s recent registration and lack of prior detections, proactive hunting for related indicators of compromise is recommended. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed - VirusTotal detections: now 1/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260701-498BA2 Favicon MD5: a13c7540ac0e2f8b32037720dea7c2e6 TLS cert SHA-256: 0537565aabe819837d52cf3c321f21324c12a4b47e23f00b31753b22350d8d79 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/advancedpclhms-edu.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=advancedpclhms-edu.com 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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 173,583 domains (13,386 alive under monitoring, 159,491 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io