# PhishDestroy domain threat record: ekwa-clientbackup.info

Content language: English
Canonical HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ekwa-clientbackup.info/
Machine-readable companion: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ekwa-clientbackup.info/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: observed active
- First observed by PhishDestroy: 2026-10-26 08:01:14 UTC
- Last availability or vendor check: 2026-10-26 08:01:14 UTC
- Stored record updated: 2026-10-26 09:00:08 UTC
- VirusTotal detections in the stored snapshot: 15/92
- Independent public blocklist matches in the stored snapshot: 0
- Google Safe Browsing stored result: no stored flag

## Stored infrastructure

- Observed IP address: 72.52.138.42
- Registrar in stored WHOIS data: GoDaddy.com, LLC
- Last stored HTTP status: 200
- Registration date in stored WHOIS data: 2021-03-18 05:13:44 UTC

## Evidence links

- URLScan report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a17739-89af-700a-9c28-e190dbca2685/
- VirusTotal domain view: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/ekwa-clientbackup.info
- Certificate Transparency search: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ekwa-clientbackup.info
- Web Archive lookup: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://ekwa-clientbackup.info/

## Corrections

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

## Stored PhishDestroy analysis

Overview
PhishDestroy added ekwa-clientbackup.info to its internal blocklist on 2026-10-26. The recorded page title is “Ekwa Website Backups.” An HTTP 200 response was observed on the same date, indicating the site was reachable at that time.

How the scam works
The domain is flagged by several security vendors as a phishing risk, but no specific malicious behavior was observed on the captured page. In general, phishing sites may impersonate legitimate services to harvest credentials or personal data, though this particular page did not demonstrate such activity.

Evidence
VirusTotal reported 15 malicious detections out of 92 engines on 2026-10-21 and the same count was retrieved on 2026-10-26, with vendors labeling the domain as phishing or malicious. Google Safe Browsing did not flag the domain on 2026-10-26. URLScan’s engine verdict marked the URL as malicious with a score of 37, while its overall verdict was clean on 2026-10-10. Cloudflare Radar classified the site as phishing on 2026-10-26. OTX listed six pulses mentioning the domain as of 2026-10-26. PhishDestroy’s internal list marks the domain as blocked, and external blocklists returned zero matches on the check date.

Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2021-03-18 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. The recorded IP was 72.52.138.42 and the hosting provider was identified as Liquid Web, L.L.C, located in the United States. The TLS certificate, issued by Let’s Encrypt / YR2, covered *.ekwa-clientbackup.info and was valid from 2026-09-16 to 2026-12-15; DNSSEC was not enabled and the nameservers were ns1.ekwamail.com and ns2.ekwamail.com.

What to do
Do not enter credentials or personal information on the site; if you have already submitted data, monitor affected accounts for suspicious activity and change passwords where applicable. Defenders should block the exact domain, review DNS query logs for accesses to this address, and apply standard phishing mitigation policies.

Useful links
urlscan.io scan and screenshot: https://urlscan.io/result/01a17739-89af-700a-9c28-e190dbca2685/
Cloudflare Radar report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/27bb6c4a-94f4-42c2-b83b-3c0096c67fd2
URLQuery report: https://urlquery.net/report/8a262818-e3e8-4b3a-a617-7f3d4f014b62
Stored capture screenshot: https://i.ibb.co/HfVnrj73/1fa28ea1f62d.png
Cloudflare Radar screenshot (2026-10-26T08:31:42Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/27bb6c4a-94f4-42c2-b83b-3c0096c67fd2.png
URLQuery screenshot: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/uq/8a262818-e3e8-4b3a-a617-7f3d4f014b62.png
URLScan screenshot (2026-08-01T22:41:13Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/019fbf7c-e069-779e-88c2-270e09f61b9c.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/019fbf7c-e069-779e-88c2-270e09f61b9c/
URLScan screenshot (2026-09-16T23:40:39Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a0ac97-c40b-766a-8a25-760e7fe0b7c0.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a0ac97-c40b-766a-8a25-760e7fe0b7c0/
URLScan screenshot (2026-10-10T01:24:30Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a12369-466b-72be-9d03-55f1e5b9e942.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a12369-466b-72be-9d03-55f1e5b9e942/
URLScan screenshot (2026-10-26T08:08:23Z): https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a17740-c0b4-74fc-9aa6-627e91361dd3.png
URLScan capture report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a17740-c0b4-74fc-9aa6-627e91361dd3/
VirusTotal report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/ekwa-clientbackup.info
Google Safe Browsing status: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ekwa-clientbackup.info
Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20261026080017/https://ekwa-clientbackup.info/
Report phishing to Google: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Site owner? Request a review: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/
Analysis generated: 2026-10-26 08:32:47 UTC

## Stored page captures

- Primary capture: https://i.ibb.co/HfVnrj73/1fa28ea1f62d.png
  Captured: 2026-10-26 08:01:14 UTC
- URLScan capture 1: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/01a17739-89af-700a-9c28-e190dbca2685.png
  Captured: 2026-10-26 08:01:14 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a17739-89af-700a-9c28-e190dbca2685/
- URLScan capture 2: https://urlscan.io/screenshots/01a12369-466b-72be-9d03-55f1e5b9e942.png
  Captured: 2026-10-26 08:00:06 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a17739-89af-700a-9c28-e190dbca2685/
- Cloudflare Radar: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/27bb6c4a-94f4-42c2-b83b-3c0096c67fd2.png
  Captured: 2026-10-26 08:31:42 UTC
  Source report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/27bb6c4a-94f4-42c2-b83b-3c0096c67fd2
  SHA-256: 6b510bb05b466a4d68c4da794ea6d9c8a987dbce565a72027a9c0d1b79023d05
- URLQuery: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/uq/8a262818-e3e8-4b3a-a617-7f3d4f014b62.png
  Source report: https://urlquery.net/report/8a262818-e3e8-4b3a-a617-7f3d4f014b62
  SHA-256: fc3ddf8a435bf93b0853839fbab51355a86476408414a625803485e5ce1293e1
- URLScan · 2026-08-01: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/019fbf7c-e069-779e-88c2-270e09f61b9c.png
  Captured: 2026-08-01 22:41:13 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/019fbf7c-e069-779e-88c2-270e09f61b9c/
  SHA-256: 535a14585ea201f53a65a4eb89fc8ed18256f5f8df0b042f4146c3d1f1ff4027
- URLScan · 2026-09-16: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a0ac97-c40b-766a-8a25-760e7fe0b7c0.png
  Captured: 2026-09-16 23:40:39 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a0ac97-c40b-766a-8a25-760e7fe0b7c0/
  SHA-256: 535a14585ea201f53a65a4eb89fc8ed18256f5f8df0b042f4146c3d1f1ff4027
- URLScan · 2026-10-10: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a12369-466b-72be-9d03-55f1e5b9e942.png
  Captured: 2026-10-10 01:24:30 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a12369-466b-72be-9d03-55f1e5b9e942/
  SHA-256: 535a14585ea201f53a65a4eb89fc8ed18256f5f8df0b042f4146c3d1f1ff4027
- URLScan · 2026-10-26: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a17740-c0b4-74fc-9aa6-627e91361dd3.png
  Captured: 2026-10-26 08:08:23 UTC
  Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a17740-c0b4-74fc-9aa6-627e91361dd3/
  SHA-256: 535a14585ea201f53a65a4eb89fc8ed18256f5f8df0b042f4146c3d1f1ff4027

## 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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        "scanned_at": "2026-10-26T08:00:31Z",
        "final_url": "https://ekwa-clientbackup.info/",
        "status": 200,
        "redirected": "https-only",
        "redirects": [
            {
                "to": "https://ekwa-clientbackup.info/",
                "from": "http://ekwa-clientbackup.info/",
                "status": 307
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        ],
        "ip": "72.52.138.42",
        "ptr": "mail.ekwa.com",
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            ],
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            "valid_from": "2026-09-16T20:17:50Z"
        },
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            }
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                }
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            "org": "Liquid Web, L.L.C",
            "city": "Lansing",
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        },
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        },
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            ],
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            ],
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            ],
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            ]
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        },
        "hsts": {
            "message": "Site does not serve any HSTS headers."
        },
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            "xXSSProtection": false,
            "permissionsPolicy": false,
            "xContentTypeOptions": false,
            "contentSecurityPolicy": false,
            "strictTransportPolicy": false,
            "crossOriginOpenerPolicy": false,
            "crossOriginEmbedderPolicy": false,
            "crossOriginResourcePolicy": false
        },
        "get_ip": {
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        },
        "redirects": {
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            ]
        },
        "headers": {
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                "content-type": "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
            }
        }
    }
}
```