# PhishDestroy threat dossier — appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-13 04:21:42 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 76/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing
Targeted brand: Ledger

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: BitDefender, Cluster25, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      34.144.206.118 (US, Kansas City)
ASN:             ASAS396982 GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM - Google LLC, US
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:      Ledger.com/Start® | Getting started — Ledger®®
HTTP response:   404

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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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)
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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:    2026-07-09 09:26:17 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-13 04:20:41 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-09 12:47:45 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/019f45c4-60fe-7094-aedc-96aedb572d0b/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-09 09:35:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain is flagged under active investigation for hosting a fake login portal designed to harvest user credentials. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is configured to mimic legitimate authentication interfaces, a common tactic in generic phishing campaigns targeting unsuspecting users.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com is currently active with 0/95 detections on VirusTotal, suggesting it has not yet been widely flagged by security vendors. The domain is hosted on Wix’s platform, utilizing React for frontend development and Google Cloud (34.144.206.118) with HTTP/3 for content delivery. The SSL certificate is issued by Let’s Encrypt, a common but not inherently malicious provider. No blocklist entries or adverse trust scores were identified at the time of assessment, though the domain’s recent deployment and lack of prior scrutiny raise concerns.  Mitigation steps for this specific threat type include immediate blocking of the domain at the network perimeter and endpoint levels. Organizations should monitor for unusual authentication attempts or unauthorized access patterns, particularly from internal systems that may have interacted with the domain. Users who entered credentials on the portal should reset passwords via a secure, verified channel and enable multi-factor authentication where possible. Security teams are advised to conduct retrospective log analysis to identify any prior exposure or lateral movement attempts originating from this domain.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed
  - VirusTotal detections: now 8/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       f4feb61d53bc0de67557513853fa54f1
TLS cert SHA-256:      4d824d023de01f229e601938edcdb7020802d167c0d85fac21c644cf194c9450

## 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/appstarts-ledgrecdn.wixstudio.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=appstarts-ledgrecdn.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

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