# brightnodepath.link: SimpleTrail topic chooser with sponsored content notice | PhishDestroy

Content language: English
Canonical HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/
Machine-readable companion: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/llm.txt

## Summary

PhishDestroy stores a threat-intelligence record for this domain.
This document reports the latest stored fields; it is not a real-time guarantee of availability or safety.

## Stored observations

- Listed by PhishDestroy: yes
- Availability at last stored check: Last known active
- First observed by PhishDestroy: 2026-11-05 05:57:24 UTC
- Selected availability observation: 2026-11-08T12:19:25Z
- Stored record updated: 2026-11-08 15:21:09 UTC
- VirusTotal detections in the stored snapshot: 0/92
- Independent public blocklist matches in the stored snapshot: 0
- Google Safe Browsing stored result: checked_clean

## Stored infrastructure

- Observed IP address: 188.114.96.3
- Registrar in stored WHOIS data: NAMECHEAP INC
- Registrar country in stored WHOIS data: US
- Last stored HTTP status: 200 (observed: 2026-11-08T12:19:25Z)
- Registration date in stored WHOIS data: 2026-10-10 19:34:27 UTC

## Evidence links

- URLScan report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1aa46-b293-73af-b25c-eefc0c4caf77/
- VirusTotal domain view: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/brightnodepath.link
- Certificate Transparency search: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.brightnodepath.link
- Web Archive lookup: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://brightnodepath.link/

## Corrections

- Appeal or correct this record: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/
- Methodology and help: https://phishdestroy.io/faq

## Public report package

PhishDestroy records brightnodepath.link showing a SimpleTrail topic chooser page with a sponsored content notice overlay and category selection options.

On 2026-11-05, brightnodepath.link displayed a page branded as SimpleTrail, a topic chooser asking "Which of these is closest to what you're after?" under a "First, the basics" heading. The page presents selectable options such as "I have a health question" alongside further choices, plus a "More options" list including links about feeling healthier, a hacked account, sorting out a home, and choosing a streaming service. A footer notes the chooser includes paid recommendations and is not a substitute for professional advice.

The stored VirusTotal domain result reports 0 detections out of 92 engines.
Package revision: 2b548e737cd5ccb59d008d1d762ffb26d893c0518a5245698fea0bad8ebdaa91
Text generated (not scan time): 2026-11-06 22:06:32
Reviewed evidence snapshot: {"domain":"brightnodepath.link","screenshot_available":true,"capture_contract":"verified-capture-20261102","plain_text_contract":1,"capture_context":{"submitted_host":"brightnodepath.link","final_host":"brightnodepath.link","redirects":[],"captured_at":"2026-11-05T05:55:29.125000Z","uuid":"01a1aa46-b293-73af-b25c-eefc0c4caf77","report_url":"https://urlscan.io/result/01a1aa46-b293-73af-b25c-eefc0c4caf77/","sha256":"8e3aadef378a4889343d2f5579447aa84bdaf0448b82c8c09572f10ad64223bb","relationship":"own_domain_page"},"redirect_text_policy":"explicit-redirect-v1","initial_ai_description":"Insufficient page content for analysis","initial_ai_description_kind":"unverified previous AI opinion","virustotal":{"scope":"domain","detections":0,"engines":92,"malicious":0,"suspicious":0,"analysis_date":"2026-10-19","retrieved_date":"2026-11-06","vendor_labels":[],"flagging_vendors":[]},"virustotal_public_summary":"The stored VirusTotal domain result reports 0 detections out of 92 engines.","page_paragraph_target_characters":603}
Source facts (timestamps as stored): {"record_id":1799688,"first_recorded_at":"2026-11-05 06:57:24","virustotal":{"source":"VirusTotal","scope":"unknown","result_state":"complete","numerator":0,"denominator":92,"malicious":0,"suspicious":0,"vendors":null,"observed_at":"2026-10-19T06:12:28Z","checked_at":null,"fetched_at":"2026-11-06T17:49:34Z","time_basis":"UTC (provider ISO timestamps)","stored_summary":{"source":"VirusTotal","scope":"unknown","result_state":"observed","numerator":0,"denominator":92,"malicious":null,"suspicious":null,"vendors":[],"observed_at":"2026-10-19 06:12:28","checked_at":"2026-11-06 18:49:35","fetched_at":"2026-11-06 17:49:36","time_basis":"as stored; legacy timezone not established"},"record_source":"phishdestroy.technologies.vt","vendor_labels":[],"vendor_names":[],"stats":{"timeout":0,"harmless":54,"malicious":0,"suspicious":0,"undetected":38}},"google_safe_browsing":{"source":"Google Safe Browsing","state":"checked_clean","verdict":0,"checked_at":"2026-11-08 00:00:15"},"spamhaus":{"source":"Spamhaus","verdict":null,"checked_at":"2026-11-06 20:34:46"},"availability":{"state":"alive","label_key":"availability.active","detail_key":"detail.latest_reachability","params":[],"source":"current_http_probe","record_id":1799688,"scope":"checked_url","observed_at":"2026-11-08T12:19:25Z","http_status":200,"http_observed_at":"2026-11-08T12:19:25Z","stored_http_code":200,"stored_http_observed_at":"2026-11-08T12:19:25Z","legacy_site_status":"alive","supports_outcome_badge":false,"content_classification":"served_at_root","content_classification_at":"2026-11-08T00:14:29Z","registration_state":"unknown","policy":"20261102-dated-availability-v2"}}

## Stored page captures

- URLScan · 2026-11-05: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a1aa46-b293-73af-b25c-eefc0c4caf77.png
  Captured: 2026-11-05 05:55:29 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1aa46-b293-73af-b25c-eefc0c4caf77/
  SHA-256: 8e3aadef378a4889343d2f5579447aa84bdaf0448b82c8c09572f10ad64223bb
- URLQuery: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/uq/12a01937-58a0-4501-9475-4a04de5aeac0.png
  Source report: https://urlquery.net/report/12a01937-58a0-4501-9475-4a04de5aeac0
  SHA-256: 0ac7691d79e70993710cdfca56fe68b1a02bb1239ed01e723124b90cd0eb2d2b

## Collected source observations

Provider observations retain their own timestamps. Capture links do not establish image content. Shared infrastructure does not identify an operator.
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        "uuid": "01a1aa46-b293-73af-b25c-eefc0c4caf77",
        "scanned_at": "2026-11-05T05:55:29Z",
        "final_url": "https://brightnodepath.link/6ae623b34f24b0fefd230aad",
        "status": 200,
        "ip": "188.114.96.3",
        "ips": [
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        ],
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        ],
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                "*.brightnodepath.link",
                "brightnodepath.link"
            ],
            "cipher": "AES_128_GCM",
            "issuer": "YE2",
            "subject": "brightnodepath.link",
            "protocol": "QUIC",
            "valid_to": "2027-01-08T20:40:28Z",
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        },
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        "apex_age_days": 24,
        "tls_age_days": 25,
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        "requests": 2,
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            },
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        },
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        "updated": "2026-10-10T21:35:46Z",
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            "updated": "1-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "expires": "2027-10-10T21:34:26Z",
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            ],
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                "david.ns.cloudflare.com"
            ],
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        },
        "rdap": {
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                "last update of RDAP database": "2026-10-19T05:55:54Z"
            }
        }
    },
    "webcheck": {
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        "fetched_at": "2026-11-05T06:12:58Z",
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                    "host": "ariella.ns.cloudflare.com"
                }
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        },
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            "permissionsPolicy": false,
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            "contentSecurityPolicy": false,
            "strictTransportPolicy": false,
            "crossOriginOpenerPolicy": false,
            "crossOriginEmbedderPolicy": false,
            "crossOriginResourcePolicy": false
        },
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        },
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        },
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                "https://brightnodepath.link"
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        },
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            "status": [
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            ],
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                "david.ns.cloudflare.com"
            ]
        },
        "headers": {
            "headers": {
                "server": "cloudflare",
                "content-type": "text/html; charset=UTF-8",
                "referrer-policy": "no-referrer"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Capture recorded with this analysis (source URL, capture time and stored hash): {"url":"https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a1aa46-b293-73af-b25c-eefc0c4caf77.png","source":"URLScan","report_url":"https://urlscan.io/result/01a1aa46-b293-73af-b25c-eefc0c4caf77/","captured_at":"2026-11-05T05:55:29Z","sha256":"8e3aadef378a4889343d2f5579447aa84bdaf0448b82c8c09572f10ad64223bb","model_image_sha256":"94e6f79fa2cc9c5bcd7c67efca00e41679b4e80299d75e22fd693aedc7dd3df6","available":true,"content_status":null}

## Complete dated records
Availability observations: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/records.json?source=availability&format=json
Source observation history: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/records.json?source=detections&format=json
PhishStats records: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/records.json?source=phishstats&format=json
Sent report records: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/records.json?source=sent_reports&format=json
Report history: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/records.json?source=report_history&format=json
Repeat report records: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/records.json?source=rereports&format=json
Follow-up records: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/records.json?source=followups&format=json
Content observations: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/brightnodepath.link/records.json?source=content&format=json

## Dated availability observation
Latest stored reachability observation
```json
{
    "state": "alive",
    "label_key": "availability.active",
    "detail_key": "detail.latest_reachability",
    "params": [],
    "source": "current_http_probe",
    "record_id": 1799688,
    "scope": "checked_url",
    "observed_at": "2026-11-08T12:19:25Z",
    "http_status": 200,
    "http_observed_at": "2026-11-08T12:19:25Z",
    "stored_http_code": 200,
    "stored_http_observed_at": "2026-11-08T12:19:25Z",
    "legacy_site_status": "alive",
    "supports_outcome_badge": false,
    "content_classification": "served_at_root",
    "content_classification_at": "2026-11-08T00:14:29Z",
    "registration_state": "unknown",
    "policy": "20261102-dated-availability-v2"
}
```