# PhishDestroy threat dossier — flare.selfhosted.social ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-26 12:56:37 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/flare.selfhosted.social/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 46/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.141.27 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: ["drew.ns.cloudflare.com", "katja.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Expires: 2026-07-30 Page title: Selfhosted.social ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-04-23 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 15d0cd721b73f0cdd798d2b5c35646909fbd0e5b7079a8c99416af33872adc1b Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - selfhosted.social ## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-11 17:43:38 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-13 09:46:05 UTC Neutralised: 2026-03-15 06:12:04 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/019c4d26-f946-726a-8d06-bb23aea181cf/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/flare.selfhosted.social crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.flare.selfhosted.social Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=flare.selfhosted.social AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/flare.selfhosted.social URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/flare.selfhosted.social/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-24 00:50:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies flare.selfhosted.social as a domain associated with generic phishing activities. Although the threat level is currently assessed as low, phishing campaigns remain a significant concern due to their potential to trick users into divulging sensitive information. Understanding these risks helps users avoid becoming victims of identity theft or financial fraud. This domain was registered on February 21, 2026, and resolved to IP address 172.67.141.27, hosted via Cloudflare, Inc. It appeared on one security blocklist with a very low trust score of 0/100 from Gridinsoft, and only one out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors flagged it. Currently, flare.selfhosted.social is offline, reducing immediate risk but warranting caution if it comes back online. Users encountering links to flare.selfhosted.social should avoid interacting with the site or providing any personal information. Maintaining updated antivirus software and using URL scanning tools can help identify suspicious domains. Staying vigilant against unexpected emails or messages containing this domain is advised to prevent potential phishing attacks. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 1/93 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 506ca5576f5f4fb57cb4310919922dbd TLS cert SHA-256: 15d0cd721b73f0cdd798d2b5c35646909fbd0e5b7079a8c99416af33872adc1b ## 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/flare.selfhosted.social/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=flare.selfhosted.social 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: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io