# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cbu-adobestudent.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-20 04:30:41 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cbu-adobestudent.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Adobe ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 16/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, Cluster25, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Lionic, Netcraft, OpenPhish, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 3 detections AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 198.185.159.145 (US, New York City) Hosting org: AS53831 Squarespace, Inc. Registrar: Squarespace Domains LLC Nameservers: dns1.p03.nsone.net, dns2.p03.nsone.net, dns3.p03.nsone.net, dns4.p03.nsone.net, ns01.squarespacedns.com, ns02.squarespacedns.com, ns03.squarespacedns.com, ns04.squarespacedns.com Registered: 2023-09-07 Expires: 2026-09-07 Page title: CBU Adobe Student Site HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-08-31 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: c58164795dc93d2223d91375d6bac3fa3edda762137faab594dbb7669f7b6ac9 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2023-09-07 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-18 19:28:18 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-18 17:29:59 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-20 04:20:23 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f7643-f2c5-753b-bac8-329e9a33bbdc/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/db6fd47b-30a7-4304-9191-53aa4744bb78 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/cbu-adobestudent.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cbu-adobestudent.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cbu-adobestudent.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cbu-adobestudent.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cbu-adobestudent.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-18 19:40:43 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] cbu-adobestudent.com — Generic Phishing Detected cbu-adobestudent.com is flagged as a generic phishing infrastructure. The domain was registered on September 7, 2023 through Squarespace Domains LLC and is served by the ns01‑ns04.nsone.net name server set. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 198.185.159.145, which remains active as of the report date. VirusTotal records show that 18 of 91 scanning engines have flagged the domain, indicating a non‑trivial detection rate. No public content analysis has been published, so the exact phishing lure and credential‑capture mechanisms are not yet confirmed. The combination of recent registration, active hosting, and multiple vendor detections suggests the domain is being used in ongoing credential‑theft campaigns. Defenders should add the domain and its resolved IP address to blocklists at network perimeters and email gateways, monitor DNS queries for lookups to the nsone.net name servers, and consider sinkholing the IP if feasible. User awareness messaging should reference the domain name to prevent accidental interaction, and incident response teams should treat any login attempts to the domain as potentially compromised. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as further intelligence may reveal additional payloads or targeting patterns. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260718-629F2F Favicon MD5: aa78d04664d6b65058ff847eb8d2d821 TLS cert SHA-256: c58164795dc93d2223d91375d6bac3fa3edda762137faab594dbb7669f7b6ac9 ## 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/cbu-adobestudent.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cbu-adobestudent.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: 186,771 domains (56,820 alive under monitoring, 128,268 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io