# PhishDestroy threat dossier — compensation-study.onrender.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-22 20:08:46 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/compensation-study.onrender.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 56/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 216.24.57.9 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS397273 RENDER - Render, US Hosting org: AS397273 Render Registrar: Render Services Inc. Nameservers: NS_NOT_FOUND Page title: Amazon Sign-In HTTP response: 503 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b2f650f86595061c84df28dbe5ef8f9e9743b07e27f667e38f1e00964de01f9a Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - onrender.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: 2026-07-09 02:11:30 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-22 20:20:27 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-21 03:27:59 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f4436-626f-7479-b736-c9b83e953fcb/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/compensation-study.onrender.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.compensation-study.onrender.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=compensation-study.onrender.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/compensation-study.onrender.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/compensation-study.onrender.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-09 02:55:43 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] compensation-study.onrender.com: Credential Harvesting Phishing This domain is flagged under active investigation for credential harvesting phishing, a threat type targeting users through deceptive research study compensation pages. Analysis indicates the infrastructure is designed to mimic legitimate survey platforms, tricking victims into submitting sensitive login credentials or personal information under the guise of a paid research opportunity. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain compensation-study.onrender.com is registered through Render Services Inc. and currently resolves to the IP address 216.24.57.8. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services, providing a false sense of security to potential victims. As of the latest scan, the domain has evaded detection on major security platforms, with a VirusTotal score of 0/95. No blocklist entries or trust score downgrades have been recorded, and the page title, 'Thank You - Research Study,' aligns with the phishing narrative to appear legitimate. The domain remains active, with no evidence of takedown requests or sinkholing. Mitigation against this specific threat type requires a multi-layered approach. Users should verify the legitimacy of research study invitations by cross-referencing with known, reputable survey platforms or the purported organization’s official website. Network-level protections should include blocking or monitoring traffic to the IP 216.24.57.8 and implementing DNS filtering for the domain. Security teams are advised to deploy endpoint detection rules to flag form submissions to compensation-study.onrender.com, particularly those requesting credentials or financial information. Given the domain’s undetected status on VirusTotal, manual threat hunting for related indicators of compromise (IOCs) is recommended, including monitoring for outbound connections to the identified IP and domain. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed - VirusTotal detections: now 1/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: b2f650f86595061c84df28dbe5ef8f9e9743b07e27f667e38f1e00964de01f9a ## 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/compensation-study.onrender.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=compensation-study.onrender.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: 188,406 domains (57,851 alive under monitoring, 128,922 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io