# PhishDestroy threat dossier — financialdept1.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-22 05:32:34 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/financialdept1.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 14/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Google Safe Browsing, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, URLQuery, VIPRE AlienVault OTX: 50 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 98.91.9.77 (US, Ashburn) ASN: AS14618 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AWS EC2 (us-east-1) Registrar: Amazon Registrar, Inc. Nameservers: ["lovisa.ns.cloudflare.com", "viddy.ns.cloudflare.com"] Page title: 404 Not Found HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-10-06 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 36441e3ee6f807d33fbec58b22bbbe7ee67588936aae034e61c8d9a61cd49bb4 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - accountservicescenter.au - accountservicescenter.co.za - accountservicescenter.net - accountservicescenter.nz - accountverify.au - accountverify.co.za - accountverify.nz - banque-online.com - biiing.net - companylogin.au - companylogin.co.za - companylogin.nz - companypolicy.com.au - f1nancier.com - gohelpdesk.co.uk ... +19 more ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-19 12:38:21 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-22 04:20:21 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-20 00:23:36 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-20 00:17:47 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] financialdept1.com: Active AWS-hosted phishing redirect site This domain, financialdept1.com, is flagged as an active phishing infrastructure component currently resolving to 98.91.9.77, an AWS EC2 instance in us-east-1. Analysis indicates the site returns a 301 HTTP redirect rather than serving content directly, as evidenced by the 404 Not Found page title observed when the final destination is unreachable. Google Safe Browsing has classified the domain under social engineering, aligning with its use in phishing campaigns. The domain is registered through Amazon Registrar, Inc. and uses Cloudflare nameservers (lovisa.ns.cloudflare.com and viddy.ns.cloudflare.com), a common pattern for threat actors seeking to obscure hosting origins and resist takedowns. Fifteen security vendors on VirusTotal have detected the domain as malicious, and it appears in 50 AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulses, suggesting broad recognition within the security community. The domain is also present on at least one security blocklist and is currently blocked by PhishDestroy. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt (YE1), which is frequently used by both legitimate and malicious sites, offering no conclusive attribution on its own. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk infrastructure. The 301 redirect behavior suggests it may be part of a larger phishing or malware distribution chain, potentially redirecting victims to credential harvesting pages or exploit kits. The use of AWS and Cloudflare complicates traditional IP-based blocking, so network-level defenses should focus on domain reputation and behavioral indicators rather than relying solely on IP or ASN-based rules. Immediate actions include adding the domain to web proxies, email gateways, and endpoint protection blocklists. Further investigation should examine the redirect targets and any associated payloads or secondary domains in the attack chain. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 36441e3ee6f807d33fbec58b22bbbe7ee67588936aae034e61c8d9a61cd49bb4 ## 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/financialdept1.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=financialdept1.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 187,721 domains (57,298 alive under monitoring, 128,779 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io