# PhishDestroy threat dossier — brand-ads-2026012.pages.dev
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Fetched:   2026-07-28 05:29:19 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brand-ads-2026012.pages.dev/

## VERDICT
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HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed
Composite threat score: 78/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      16/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safe Browsing, Gridinsoft, Lionic, MalwareURL, Netcraft, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare Pages
Page title:      brand-ads-2026012.pages.dev
HTTP response:   301

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-10-18
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 8101d7ed7ddc31c4f767bd3e7ada39f5447b2a5994d8504abe68ec0f24b26801

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-28 01:03:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-28 06:53:31 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-28 01:04:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

brand-ads-2026012.pages.dev: Confirmed Phishing Site

The domain brand-ads-2026012.pages.dev is currently listed as an active malicious resource. Google Safe Browsing has classified the URL under social engineering, indicating it is used to deceive users into disclosing credentials or personal information. VirusTotal analysis shows that 16 of 91 security vendors have raised detections against the domain, confirming a consensus of malicious intent across multiple scanning engines. The site appears on a single external blocklist and is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy filtering service, reinforcing its categorisation as a high‑risk threat.

HTTP probing returns a 301 redirect response, which is commonly employed by phishing operators to obscure the final landing page or to leverage trusted hosting infrastructure. No additional metadata such as registrar details, IP address, hosting provider, or SSL certificate information is available in the current intelligence set, leaving the underlying infrastructure opaque. Likewise, the page title and any embedded brand references have not been disclosed, limiting the ability to attribute the campaign to a specific victim target.

Defenders should prioritize adding brand-ads-2026012.pages.dev to deny‑list rules across firewalls, proxy servers, and endpoint protection suites. Continuous monitoring of DNS queries for this FQDN is advised, as well as integration of the domain into threat‑intel feeds that support automated blocklist updates. Given the moderate detection coverage and the presence of a 301 redirect, it is prudent to treat any traffic to the domain as malicious and to quarantine associated network sessions for further forensic analysis.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      8101d7ed7ddc31c4f767bd3e7ada39f5447b2a5994d8504abe68ec0f24b26801

## 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/brand-ads-2026012.pages.dev/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=brand-ads-2026012.pages.dev
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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