# PhishDestroy threat dossier — appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-03 12:12:52 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 49/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Cluster25, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 34.144.206.118 (US, Kansas City) ASN: AS396982 Google LLC Hosting org: AS396982 Google LLC Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ["dns1.p08.nsone.net", "dns2.p08.nsone.net", "dns3.p08.nsone.net", "dns4.p08.nsone.net"] Page title: appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-09-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 4d824d023de01f229e601938edcdb7020802d167c0d85fac21c644cf194c9450 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - wixstudio.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-01 15:01:41 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-03 12:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-01 18:17:51 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f1dc3-84d3-77f8-a836-74c7583865ee/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-01 15:04:34 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com, is under investigation for credential theft phishing targeting users through deceptive login portals. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is designed to harvest account credentials by mimicking legitimate authentication pages, potentially affecting users across multiple platforms. The domain remains active and has not yet been widely flagged by security vendors, increasing the risk of successful compromise for unsuspecting visitors. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain resolves to IP address 34.144.206.118 and uses a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate for encryption, creating a false sense of security. As of the latest scan, VirusTotal reports 0 detections out of 95 security engines, suggesting the threat is either new or evading detection through obfuscation techniques. The domain is hosted on Wix Studio's platform, which may provide temporary legitimacy to the operation while complicating takedown efforts due to shared hosting environments. Users who have visited appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com or entered credentials on any page hosted under this domain should immediately reset passwords for all accounts where the same credentials may have been reused. Enable multi-factor authentication on critical services, particularly email and financial platforms. Monitor accounts for unauthorized access and review connected devices or sessions for suspicious activity. Organizations should consider blocking the domain and associated IP address at the network level while awaiting further analysis. Security teams are advised to check logs for connections to 34.144.206.118 and investigate any credential submissions to this domain as potential compromises. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 4d824d023de01f229e601938edcdb7020802d167c0d85fac21c644cf194c9450 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=appstart-ex-dous.wixstudio.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 174,198 domains (13,414 alive under monitoring, 159,989 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io