# PhishDestroy threat dossier — astr.airdropsalert.app ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-26 07:18:41 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/astr.airdropsalert.app/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Scam Targeted brand: Google ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 17/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 142.250.184.196 (US, Mountain View) ASN: ASAS15169 GOOGLE, US Hosting org: AS15169 Google LLC Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: NS_NOT_FOUND Registered: 2013-03-26 Page title: Google ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Expires: 2026-01-18 Status: INVALID chain ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2013-03-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2025-12-03 23:03:40 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-26 08:21:37 UTC Neutralised: 2026-02-23 03:15:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ae674-b3eb-7597-8334-efc35f0b7d42/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/astr.airdropsalert.app crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.astr.airdropsalert.app Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=astr.airdropsalert.app AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/astr.airdropsalert.app URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/astr.airdropsalert.app/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-23 22:49:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] astr.airdropsalert.app — Google Brand Impersonation On 23 July 2026 the domain astr.airdropsalert.app was observed to be offline but retains indicators of a high‑risk brand‑impersonation campaign targeting Google. The domain was registered on 26 March 2013 through Cloudflare, Inc., and resolves to the IPv4 address 142.250.184.196, which belongs to AS15169 owned by Google LLC and is geolocated in the United States. Despite the use of a legitimate Google‑owned IP range, the site did not present an SSL/TLS certificate, resulting in an unencrypted HTTP endpoint. Google Safe Browsing classifies the URL as a social‑engineering threat, and the domain appears on a single external blocklist, where it is listed by PhishDestroy as a crypto‑scam vector. Reputation scoring from Gridinsoft assigns a zero‑point trust rating (0/100). VirusTotal analysis shows that 17 of 95 scanned security vendors flagged the domain, reinforcing the malicious assessment. The page title returned by the HTTP request is “Google”, matching the declared brand target and confirming the intent to impersonate the corporate brand. The campaign is described as a crypto scam, although the specific payload or transaction mechanisms were not captured before the takedown. Because the infrastructure leverages a Google‑owned IP, detection based solely on IP reputation is unreliable; defenders should rely on domain‑level indicators such as the registrar, lack of TLS, low trust score, Safe Browsing flag, and the VirusTotal detection count. Mitigation steps include adding astr.airdropsalert.app to blocklists at the DNS and proxy layers, enforcing HTTPS‑only policies to prevent connections to non‑TLS endpoints, and monitoring for any re‑registration attempts that might reuse the same domain label or similar subdomains. Continuous observation of Cloudflare‑registered domains that resolve to Google AS numbers is recommended, as threat actors may exploit legitimate hosting resources to host fraudulent pages. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 17/95 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## 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/astr.airdropsalert.app/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=astr.airdropsalert.app 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: 195,855 domains (65,489 alive under monitoring, 128,816 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io