# PhishDestroy threat dossier — app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-26 01:49:01 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 88/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Banking Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.18.5.205 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["arch.ns.cloudflare.com", "hope.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      MoonPay

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-04-25
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: a00f10875fc664377d007e3fe6e89e42f8a95f9007cfe095661c6ea12ec78403
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - moonpay-staging.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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:24:01 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-13 07:49:38 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-15 12:09:51 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/019bbd0c-a483-7518-b8e6-74ae8f1a212a/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 05:50:56 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com as a domain involved in generic phishing activity impersonating the MoonPay brand. Although assessed as a low-risk threat, the domain’s intent to deceive users into providing sensitive information or credentials remains significant, posing potential harm to individuals interacting with it.

The domain app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com was registered on February 21, 2026, through Cloudflare, Inc., and is currently offline. It appeared on two security blocklists and was flagged by 2 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors. With a poor PageSpeed score of 34/100 and a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100, the infrastructure reflects characteristics common to hastily deployed phishing setups. The domain resolved to IP 104.18.5.205, often associated with Cloudflare’s network services.

Users should exercise caution by avoiding this domain and any related URLs. To protect personal and financial data, always verify the authenticity of any site requesting sensitive information, especially those impersonating known services like MoonPay. Employ updated security tools and consult reputable blocklists or databases such as PhishDestroy before engaging with unfamiliar domains.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/93 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       2be13230aceb048b0079b82282b36d09
TLS cert SHA-256:      a00f10875fc664377d007e3fe6e89e42f8a95f9007cfe095661c6ea12ec78403

## 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/app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=app-sandbox.moonpay-staging.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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