# PhishDestroy threat dossier — am-images.shop.samsung.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-21 22:08:26 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/am-images.shop.samsung.com/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs
Composite threat score: 45/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/91 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       Whois Corp.
Nameservers:     ["dns-awskr1.samsung.com", "dns-gi1.samsung.com", "dnssm.samsung.com", "dnssm2.samsung.com", "dnsst.samsung.com", "dnsst2.samsung.com"]
HTTP response:   302

## 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 12:59:55 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-21 20:20:21 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 22:39:49 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

am-images.shop.samsung.com Fake Samsung Alert

Analysis on am-images.shop.samsung.com indicates that the subdomain is currently flagged as a phishing infrastructure targeting Samsung customers. The domain returned an HTTP 302 redirect, a common technique used to forward victims to malicious landing pages. It has been submitted to VirusTotal where 91 scanning engines evaluated the host and none reported a detection; however, the absence of detections does not confirm legitimacy. The site is listed on a single public blocklist and has been added to the PhishDestroy blacklist, confirming that security vendors consider it malicious. The domain remains active as of the report date, July 19 2026, and its operational status suggests ongoing attempts to deceive users. Concrete content of the hosted pages has not been disclosed, so the exact lure and credential‑capture mechanisms remain unknown. Defenders should proactively block the full hostname and any sub‑domains under samsung.com that are not officially sanctioned, monitor DNS queries for look‑ups to this host, and ensure that email filters inspect links containing “am‑images.shop.samsung.com”. Continuous threat‑intel feeds should be consulted for any future changes to the blocklist status, and incident response teams should be prepared to investigate any reports of credential submission that reference this domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       169c4e96993e4266ae5e31ceae581d69

## 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/am-images.shop.samsung.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=am-images.shop.samsung.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

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