# PhishDestroy threat dossier — begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-05 16:15:24 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 57/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Targeted brand: Ledger ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 34.144.206.118 (US, Kansas City) ASN: AS396982 Google LLC Hosting org: Google Cloud Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ["dns1.p08.nsone.net", "dns2.p08.nsone.net", "dns3.p08.nsone.net", "dns4.p08.nsone.net"] Page title: Ledger® Live: Desktop — Getting Started® 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: 2026-07-05 09:10:32 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-05 16:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-05 12:01:50 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f311c-9c3f-778d-9e08-ecb887f40527/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-05 09:25:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com, is flagged for hosting a generic phishing page designed to mimic a legitimate login portal. Analysis indicates the threat type is a credential harvesting scheme, with no specific brand impersonation identified at this stage. The domain remains active and under investigation by security teams. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: the domain is hosted on Wix infrastructure, resolving to IP address 34.144.206.118. It employs technologies including React, Google Cloud, and Google Cloud CDN, with HTTP/3 support. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt. As of the latest scan, the domain has been flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating no prior detections. No blocklist entries or trust score degradations were recorded at the time of assessment. Current status shows the domain remains operational, with no takedown or mitigation measures observed. Organizations are advised to implement immediate network-level blocking of 34.144.206.118 and the domain begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com. Endpoint protection rules should be updated to detect and prevent access to this resource. Security teams should monitor for credential submission attempts originating from internal networks and conduct retrospective log analysis for prior interactions with the domain. Given the absence of prior detections, this domain may evade initial automated defenses, necessitating manual review of related HTTP traffic and SSL inspection logs. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: f4feb61d53bc0de67557513853fa54f1 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/begin-desktoplive.wixstudio.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=begin-desktoplive.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: 174,934 domains (13,499 alive under monitoring, 160,547 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io