# PhishDestroy threat dossier — defendercontrol.app ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 17:36:13 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/defendercontrol.app/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 17/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, ESTsecurity, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence, VIPRE URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Nameservers: clay.ns.cloudflare.com, marge.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-10-24 Expires: 2026-10-24 Page title: Defender Control Download | Safe Windows Security Management Tool HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-08-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2cc9583d8d32e95f2e2b975664314fed0663c2445e2ba9f987d3758860ba26af ## 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: 2025-10-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-02 14:49:26 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-02 12:57:34 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-02 19:17:03 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f22df-6aa8-7050-888f-9cf489af18cf/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/58e31fed-30b5-47b0-9ba2-9d23fed55e3d Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/defendercontrol.app crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.defendercontrol.app Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=defendercontrol.app AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/defendercontrol.app URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/defendercontrol.app/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-02 15:02:00 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, defendercontrol.app, is confirmed to host a phishing site distributing malware under the guise of a Windows Defender management tool. Analysis indicates the site specifically targets users seeking legitimate Windows security software, impersonating Microsoft's Defender Control utility to deceive victims into downloading malicious payloads. The domain remains active and poses a high risk of system compromise or unauthorized access. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on October 24, 2025, through Spaceship, Inc., and currently resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3. VirusTotal detection metrics show 17 of 95 security vendors have flagged the domain as malicious, with associated indicators including phishing, malware distribution, and fraudulent software dissemination. The page title, 'Defender Control Download | Safe Windows Security Management Tool,' further corroborates the impersonation of legitimate Windows security tools. The domain remains operational as of the latest verification. Organizations and individuals are advised to block the domain and its resolving IP at the network perimeter. Endpoint protection systems should be updated to include this domain in their blocklists. Users who may have interacted with the site should perform a full system scan using updated security tools and monitor for unusual network activity or unauthorized access attempts. No legitimate Windows Defender software is distributed through this domain. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260702-0BD4ED TLS cert SHA-256: 2cc9583d8d32e95f2e2b975664314fed0663c2445e2ba9f987d3758860ba26af ## 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/defendercontrol.app/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=defendercontrol.app 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: 173,923 domains (14,619 alive under monitoring, 158,575 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io