# PhishDestroy threat dossier — google-verify.highlatch.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-30 01:58:57 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/google-verify.highlatch.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 96/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Google

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: SOCRadar

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.206.176 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ["nadia.ns.cloudflare.com", "noah.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-04-27
Page title:      Service Confirmation
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-06-28
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 426ec0a9a1c38f31c061e6578974cda937028df4cdb3fa4dccb6762f4e5a8ea2
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - highlatch.com

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-04-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-27 12:19:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-27 09:20:39 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-04-30 00:59:47 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

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)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019dce3b-e701-7338-a68c-70162b42d7bc/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/40b56b0a-c004-4f67-bed7-cfd7b6927183
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/google-verify.highlatch.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.google-verify.highlatch.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=google-verify.highlatch.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/google-verify.highlatch.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/google-verify.highlatch.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-27 15:49:51 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Threat Overview
The domain google-verify[.]highlatch[.]com has been identified as a phishing website designed to impersonate Google. This malicious site targets cryptocurrency users by creating a convincing replica of the legitimate Google platform.
Attack Vector
The phishing site attempts to trick users into connecting their wallets or entering their seed phrases and private keys. Once captured, the attackers use these credentials to drain victims' cryptocurrency holdings.
Risk Indicators

- Domain registered on a standard TLD (com)
- Contains brand keywords associated with Google
- Domain length: 27 characters
- Contains keywords commonly associated with phishing attacks
- Drainer Detected

Recommendations
Always access Google through the official website. Never enter your seed phrase or private keys on any website. Use hardware wallets for additional security.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260427-8AA536
Favicon MD5:       0c23393a2962fa25800b09e18dd6b102
TLS cert SHA-256:      426ec0a9a1c38f31c061e6578974cda937028df4cdb3fa4dccb6762f4e5a8ea2

## 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/google-verify.highlatch.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=google-verify.highlatch.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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