# PhishDestroy threat dossier — equihome-finance.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 09:57:26 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/equihome-finance.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 58/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/93 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.12.66.123 (US, Buffalo)
ASN:             ASAS36352 AS-COLOCROSSING, US
Hosting org:     AS36352 HostPapa
Registrar:       Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.S.
Nameservers:     ["ns1.host-forest.com", "ns2.host-forest.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      EquiHome Finance - Home

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:24:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-12 19:50:41 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-02-23 06:04:49 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019b17fc-6b54-7580-98dc-76eecf87716f/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/equihome-finance.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.equihome-finance.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=equihome-finance.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/equihome-finance.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/equihome-finance.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 17:14:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies equihome-finance.com as a domain involved in generic phishing activity, posing a medium-level risk to users. Phishing scams like this typically trick individuals into revealing sensitive personal or financial information by pretending to be a legitimate service.

This phishing campaign used equihome-finance.com to imitate trusted financial institutions, aiming to steal credentials or payment details. Visitors to the site may have encountered fake login pages or fraudulent forms designed to capture confidential data. The domain was newly created in February 2026 and quickly added to security blocklists before being taken offline.

If you visited equihome-finance.com, it is critical to avoid entering any personal information. Run a full antivirus scan and monitor your financial accounts for suspicious activity. Change passwords for any accounts that might have been compromised and remain cautious of unsolicited emails or messages requesting sensitive data. Always verify website URLs before submitting information to prevent falling victim to phishing.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       f8820288ab627ef533dd6abe917fa938

## 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/equihome-finance.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=equihome-finance.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

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