# PhishDestroy domain threat record: applyviza.net

Content language: English
Canonical HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/applyviza.net/
Machine-readable companion: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/applyviza.net/llm.txt

## Summary

PhishDestroy stores a threat-intelligence record for this domain.
This document reports the latest stored fields; it is not a real-time guarantee of availability or safety.

## Stored observations

- Listed by PhishDestroy: yes
- Availability at last stored check: not observed active
- First observed by PhishDestroy: 2026-10-11 09:45:08 UTC
- Last availability or vendor check: 2026-10-21 22:32:45 UTC
- Stored record updated: 2026-10-22 14:20:52 UTC
- VirusTotal detections in the stored snapshot: 5/92
- Independent public blocklist matches in the stored snapshot: 0
- Google Safe Browsing stored result: no stored flag

## Stored classification

- Targeted brand: microsoft

## Stored infrastructure

- Observed IP address: 198.251.89.144
- Registrar in stored WHOIS data: DNC Holdings, Inc.
- Registration date (registry RDAP, applyviza.net): 2026-08-04 03:53:19 UTC

## Evidence links

- URLScan report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1256c-7bcc-77cd-ae12-6c378c9447ea/
- VirusTotal domain view: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/applyviza.net
- Certificate Transparency search: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.applyviza.net
- Web Archive lookup: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://applyviza.net/

## Corrections

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## Stored PhishDestroy analysis

Overview
applyviza.net hosted a phishing page posing as Microsoft under the headline 'Account Suspended', aimed at people with Microsoft accounts such as Outlook, Office 365 and OneDrive users. The domain name suggests a visa application service and has no connection to Microsoft. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-11. The site has been offline since 2026-10-16 and was still unreachable when last checked on 2026-10-19.

How the scam works
A fake suspension notice works through panic. The victim is told their Microsoft account is locked and is pushed to 'verify' or 'restore' it by entering their email and password on a copy of the Microsoft sign-in page. Those credentials go straight to the operators. With them, attackers can take over the mailbox, reset passwords on linked services, and reach any files or work resources tied to the account. Some pages of this type also ask for a one-time code, which lets the attacker get past two-factor authentication in real time.

Evidence
urlscan.io rated the page malicious and recognised Microsoft branding on it. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL under the phishing category. VirusTotal returned 5 detections out of 92 engines on 2026-10-12, from alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Netcraft and SOCRadar. That count is low, but it is typical for a phishing domain caught within days of going live. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses.

Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-08-04 through DNC Holdings, Inc., about ten weeks before it was detected. That gap fits a domain registered in advance and kept unused before the phishing page went live. The site was hosted at 198.251.89.144 on the FranTech Solutions network in Luxembourg. It used a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the browser padlock only meant the connection was encrypted. It said nothing about whether the site was legitimate.

What to do
If you entered your Microsoft password on this page, change it immediately on the official Microsoft site. Change it anywhere else you reused it too. Review your account's recent sign-in activity, remove unfamiliar devices and app passwords, and check your mailbox for new forwarding or inbox rules. Turn on two-factor authentication, preferably with an authenticator app or a security key. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP, search mail and proxy logs for users who visited it before 2026-10-16, and force password resets and session revocation for any affected accounts.

Useful links
urlscan.io scan and screenshot: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1256c-7bcc-77cd-ae12-6c378c9447ea/
VirusTotal report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/applyviza.net
Google Safe Browsing status: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=applyviza.net
Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20261011094751/https://applyviza.net/
Report phishing to Google: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Site owner? Request a review: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/
Analysis generated: 2026-10-19 10:13:38 UTC

## Stored page captures

- Primary capture: https://urlscan.io/screenshots/01a1256c-7bcc-77cd-ae12-6c378c9447ea.png
  Captured: 2026-10-11 09:45:08 UTC
- URLScan capture: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/01a1256c-7bcc-77cd-ae12-6c378c9447ea.png
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1256c-7bcc-77cd-ae12-6c378c9447ea/
- Cloudflare Radar: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/0966d29a-f3b9-4563-951b-e2bd54a5abdb.png
  Captured: 2026-10-12 10:29:06 UTC
  Source report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/0966d29a-f3b9-4563-951b-e2bd54a5abdb
  SHA-256: 5540d7f694609bbd4bfb61e7f672ff1216c8a5ed93fbfe2a170ea3dc14d41d3f
- URLScan · 2026-08-04: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/019fcc4c-d2b7-74e3-b24b-1d90417060a6.png
  Captured: 2026-08-04 10:23:41 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/019fcc4c-d2b7-74e3-b24b-1d90417060a6/
  SHA-256: c193344d4519e4b0e4fb87a1d2ef799cae2be297f3f3b8a766b85dec7431385a
- URLScan · 2026-10-11: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a12a5b-7f82-7201-b542-d97b3ad0e600.png
  Captured: 2026-10-11 09:46:53 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a12a5b-7f82-7201-b542-d97b3ad0e600/
  SHA-256: 7979707ab7ed5af7c11a1c78847c968a58a32d73cfa4f4d2486dde5477f4f6a5

## Collected source observations

Provider observations retain their own timestamps. Capture links do not establish image content. Shared infrastructure does not identify an operator.
```json
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        "uuid": "01a1256c-7bcc-77cd-ae12-6c378c9447ea",
        "scanned_at": "2026-10-10T10:48:14Z",
        "final_url": "https://applyviza.net/pkl/pt/",
        "status": 200,
        "redirected": "same-domain",
        "redirects": [
            {
                "to": "https://applyviza.net/pkl/pt/",
                "from": "https://applyviza.net/pkl/pt",
                "status": 301
            }
        ],
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        "ptr": "s11.my-control-panel.com",
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        ],
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            "submitData",
            "_0x4c12f4",
            "_0x17396e",
            "_0x52a5b7",
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        ],
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                "*.applyviza.net",
                "applyviza.net"
            ],
            "cipher": "AES_128_GCM",
            "issuer": "YR2",
            "subject": "*.applyviza.net",
            "protocol": "TLS 1.3",
            "valid_to": "2027-01-02T04:42:51Z",
            "valid_from": "2026-10-04T04:42:52Z"
        },
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        "apex_age_days": 67,
        "tls_age_days": 6,
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        "requests": 12,
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            }
        },
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        "uuid": "0966d29a-f3b9-4563-951b-e2bd54a5abdb",
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        "final_url": "https://applyviza.net/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi",
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        "history": [
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            },
            {
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        ],
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        "domain_risks": [
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                "type": "A",
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            "expires": "2027-08-04T03:53:19Z",
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        "analysis_at": "2026-10-17T12:31:58Z",
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            "Netcraft": "malicious",
            "SOCRadar": "phishing",
            "LevelBlue": "phishing",
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        },
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        "updated": "2026-08-04T03:59:34Z",
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            },
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                "type": "NS",
                "value": "ns15.asurahosting.com"
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            },
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            },
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        },
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            "created": "2026-08-03T22:53:19Z",
            "updated": "2026-08-03T22:59:34Z",
            "expires": "2027-08-03T22:53:19Z",
            "status": [
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            ],
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                "registration": "2026-08-03T22:53:19Z",
                "last update of RDAP database": "2026-10-15T19:00:00Z"
            }
        }
    }
}
```