# PhishDestroy threat dossier — api.expensestatus.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-17 19:57:01 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/api.expensestatus.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 63/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      16/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, Chong Lua Dao, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, Emsisoft, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Lionic, MalwareURL, Phishing Database, SOCRadar, Sophos, URLQuery, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      34.194.247.17 (US, Ashburn)
ASN:             AS14618 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     AWS EC2 (us-east-1)
Registrar:       MarkMonitor Inc.
Nameservers:     ["ns-1104.awsdns-10.org", "ns-1580.awsdns-05.co.uk", "ns-364.awsdns-45.com", "ns-667.awsdns-19.net"]
Registered:      2026-04-28
HTTP response:   404

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-06-12
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 496faacf2da912e7519da9abf34fbb0aeb85f941f42e26f1e69e75a81527f370
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - expensestatus.com

## 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: 2026-04-28 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-28 17:30:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 00:27:29 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-17 20:27:05 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-29 02:18:41 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 13:52:44 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies api.expensestatus.com as a domain associated with a generic phishing threat, potentially impersonating a brand, with no known drainer kit involved. 

This domain was flagged with a VirusTotal score of 16/95, registered through MarkMonitor Inc., resolving to IP 34.194.247.17, and has a Let's Encrypt R13 SSL certificate, with a blocklist count of 16 vendors, and its current status is taken offline. 

Currently, api.expensestatus.com is offline, and response actions have been taken, however, users should still be cautious as the domain may be reactivated, and the remaining risk is still elevated due to its previous malicious activities and the fact that 16 security vendors have flagged it, therefore it is recommended to avoid interacting with this domain

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       3c1378d54608925fe1dff523c02e4f7a
TLS cert SHA-256:      496faacf2da912e7519da9abf34fbb0aeb85f941f42e26f1e69e75a81527f370

## 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/api.expensestatus.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=api.expensestatus.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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