# PhishDestroy threat dossier — api.qastx.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-21 16:19:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/api.qastx.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 46/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

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

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       Beget LLC
Nameservers:     ["ns1.beget.com", "ns1.beget.pro", "ns2.beget.com", "ns2.beget.pro"]
HTTP response:   404

## 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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First detected:    2026-07-19 13:00:19 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-21 16:20:23 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-20 00:25:38 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 20:55:45 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

api.qastx.com — Phishing Campaign Investigation

The domain api.qastx.com is currently classified as a high‑risk generic phishing infrastructure and remains active as of the report date, July 19, 2026. Network telemetry shows the site returns an HTTP 301 redirect, a behavior commonly employed to forward victims to a malicious payload or credential‑harvesting page. The domain has been added to a single security blocklist and was flagged by the PhishDestroy service, indicating that at least one trusted anti‑phishing feed has identified it as malicious. VirusTotal analysis reports that 1 out of 91 scanning engines flagged the domain, providing an additional independent indicator of compromise. No further intelligence—such as hosting provider, ASN, or geographic location—has been disclosed, and the actual content hosted behind the redirect has not been publicly examined, leaving the precise phishing vector uncertain. Defenders should treat api.qastx.com as hostile: block the domain at DNS and proxy layers, incorporate it into URL filtering policies, and monitor for any resolution attempts or related C&C traffic. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as additional detections or content analysis could modify the threat posture.

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