# PhishDestroy threat dossier — express-checkout.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-07 06:19:46 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/express-checkout.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 73/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 3.139.243.146 (US, Dublin) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AWS EC2 (us-east-2) Registrar: Squarespace Domains LLC Nameservers: ["ns-1221.awsdns-24.org", "ns-1962.awsdns-53.co.uk", "ns-210.awsdns-26.com", "ns-576.awsdns-08.net"] Registered: 2026-04-28 Page title: Express Checkout HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Amazon / Amazon RSA 2048 M04 Expires: 2027-01-26 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 167a4712d4b255bc63a47b1193f903bac43c6ffcab8e0ab2bcbe3d7258da3427 ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-28 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-28 18:03:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-28 15:04:57 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-06-07 05:32:01 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 17:34:01 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dd49c-3a36-754a-a6f0-40ffacf8c375/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/d5e87969-a6a0-47f4-97d5-4efdf3e4edde Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/express-checkout.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.express-checkout.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=express-checkout.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/express-checkout.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/express-checkout.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-28 18:04:41 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies express-checkout.com as an active generic phishing domain posing as a legitimate checkout portal to harvest credit card and login credentials. The threat is immediate: users attempting to complete purchases may unknowingly submit sensitive payment information to attacker-controlled infrastructure. This domain was flagged under seed a4e07e and remains unlisted on major blocklists despite its recent creation and suspicious SSL provenance. This domain was registered on November 26, 2025 through Squarespace Domains LLC and resolves to IP address 3.139.243.146. VirusTotal scanning shows 0 detections out of 95 engines as of the latest scan. The SSL certificate is issued by Amazon, which may lend an air of legitimacy but does not validate the domain’s authenticity given its recent registration and lack of brand association. No current listings were found on Google Safe Browsing, PhishTank, OpenPhish, or URLVoid as of the seed timestamp. WHOIS data conceals registrant details behind privacy protection, a common tactic in malicious domain registration. To mitigate exposure, users should avoid visiting express-checkout.com and should verify any checkout URLs directly with the intended merchant via official channels. Organizations are advised to block the domain at DNS and firewall levels and inspect network traffic for connections to 3.139.243.146. Security teams should monitor for downstream compromise, including credential reuse from stolen data, and update threat intelligence feeds with this IOC (a4e07e seed) to protect customers and employees. Given the absence of AV detections, behavioral analysis and domain age heuristics are critical in early detection and prevention. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260428-C08623 Favicon MD5: 0f98b704c93538fcb68377c679051b5a TLS cert SHA-256: 167a4712d4b255bc63a47b1193f903bac43c6ffcab8e0ab2bcbe3d7258da3427 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/express-checkout.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=express-checkout.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 158,710 domains (42,721 alive under monitoring, 114,967 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io