# PhishDestroy threat dossier — contact-support-microsoft.net
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Fetched:   2026-06-22 13:56:06 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/contact-support-microsoft.net/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Microsoft

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.185.159.144 (US, New York City)
Hosting org:     AS53831 Squarespace, Inc.
Registrar:       Squarespace Domains II LLC
Nameservers:     ["nsb1.squarespacedns.com", "nsb2.squarespacedns.com", "nsb3.squarespacedns.com", "nsb4.squarespacedns.com"]
Registered:      2026-06-11
Expires:         2027-06-11
Page title:      Coming Soon
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR2
Expires:    2026-09-09
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: a4c5d25c67b92326596a5d5e46b5cbdc152ce7a8a8a09f7aa8aeba592072cd19

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-06-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-14 14:32:32 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 12:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-14 14:32:33 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:38:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The risk level of contact-support-microsoft.net is elevated due to its brand impersonation threat, specifically targeting Microsoft. This domain was flagged as it attempts to deceive users into revealing sensitive information. 

 PhishDestroy identifies that contact-support-microsoft.net has been flagged by 2 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and it also appears on 3 security blocklists, indicating a potentially malicious intent. The domain was created on June 11, 2026, and is registered through Squarespace Domains II LLC, resolving to the IP address 198.185.159.144, with an SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt, specifically YR2, and has been found in 1 threat intelligence pulse on AlienVault OTX. 

 To mitigate the brand impersonation threat posed by contact-support-microsoft.net, users should exercise extreme caution when interacting with the domain, and instead, verify the authenticity of the website on PhishDestroy, ensuring they are not divulging sensitive information to malicious entities, and taking necessary steps to protect themselves from potential brand impersonation attacks, such as being vigilant for spelling and grammar mistakes, and looking for the genuine Microsoft website.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       aa78d04664d6b65058ff847eb8d2d821
TLS cert SHA-256:      a4c5d25c67b92326596a5d5e46b5cbdc152ce7a8a8a09f7aa8aeba592072cd19

## 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 (volunteer 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/contact-support-microsoft.net/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=contact-support-microsoft.net
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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