# PhishDestroy threat dossier — alignedlayer.help
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Fetched:   2026-06-30 15:58:19 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/alignedlayer.help/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 83/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing
Targeted brand: Airdrop Scam
Phishing kit: Airdrop Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Porkbun LLC
Nameservers:     danica.ns.cloudflare.com, randy.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-06
Expires:         2027-04-06
Page title:      ALIGN Airdrop Eligibility

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-02
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: d23e0623cec8d2253a8f601f67d0c5447ac6453d1ae44690a9c14f7d70631d42

## 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: 2026-04-06 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-26 15:07:50 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-26 13:09:26 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-30 17:45:23 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-26 18:16:44 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/019f040a-6e87-77cb-8163-aacc3958799b/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/96f32142-bf41-422f-afc4-0c116ebe02da
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/alignedlayer.help
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.alignedlayer.help
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=alignedlayer.help
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/alignedlayer.help
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/alignedlayer.help/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-26 15:20:19 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain, alignedlayer.help, is currently under investigation for credential theft phishing activity targeting users through deceptive login portals. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is designed to harvest authentication credentials, likely for financial or corporate account compromise. The threat type is classified as credential theft rather than generic phishing due to the domain's technical configuration and observed behavior patterns in similar campaigns.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: the domain resolves to IP address 188.114.97.3, registered through Porkbun LLC on April 06, 2026. It employs an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services and is served via Cloudflare, utilizing HTTP/3 and Cloudflare Browser Insights for performance monitoring. VirusTotal reports 0 detections across 95 security engines, suggesting either novel evasion techniques or recent activation. No prior blocklist entries exist for this domain or its associated IP address at the time of assessment.  Mitigation measures should prioritize credential theft prevention protocols. Network administrators are advised to implement DNS-based blocking for alignedlayer.help and its resolved IP 188.114.97.3 at perimeter security controls. Endpoint protection systems should be configured to flag any attempts to access this domain, particularly from corporate devices. User awareness training should emphasize verification of login page URLs and scrutiny of unexpected authentication prompts, especially those served over Cloudflare-hosted domains. Security teams should monitor for successful connections to this domain in proxy logs, as these may indicate compromised credentials requiring immediate password rotation and multi-factor authentication enforcement.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260626-44F62E
Favicon MD5:       c92b85a5b907c70211f4ec25e29a8c4a
TLS cert SHA-256:      d23e0623cec8d2253a8f601f67d0c5447ac6453d1ae44690a9c14f7d70631d42

## 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/alignedlayer.help/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=alignedlayer.help
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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