# PhishDestroy threat dossier — goto.now
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Fetched:   2026-06-30 08:36:42 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/goto.now/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      12/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, Criminal IP, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, VIPRE, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  27 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.188.40 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       101domain GRS Limited
Nameservers:     mitch.ns.cloudflare.com, sima.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2024-09-30
Expires:         2026-09-30
Page title:      Free URL Shortener - GoTo.now
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-12
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: e0d697e2d146d42b3fc9b54058876dade0bb8583c01fa18eb57d8385b0ed595b

## 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: 2024-09-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-28 12:01:33 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-28 10:05:44 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-30 08:20:34 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f0dac-ef5b-761e-b686-f579353767eb/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/9c6bc33d-7570-4fe8-b26c-cf1919015d9b
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/goto.now
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.goto.now
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=goto.now
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/goto.now
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/goto.now/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-28 19:04:12 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Google is being imitated by the active goto[.]now site, which presents itself as a free URL shortener. With a platform risk score of 100/100, this domain is currently hosted on the 172.67.188.40 IP in Toronto, CA, by Cloudflare, Inc. It has been listed on 3 public blocklists, including PhishDestroy, CryptoFirewall, and OpenPhish, and 12 out of 95 vendors on VirusTotal flag it as malicious. The domain was created on 2024-09-30 and first detected by PhishDestroy on 2026-06-28. Its SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services / WE1. Defenders should block access to goto[.]now to prevent potential phishing attacks.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 12/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260628-6BFD32
Favicon MD5:       b2ab96e348436d647af91c2674ede59e
TLS cert SHA-256:      e0d697e2d146d42b3fc9b54058876dade0bb8583c01fa18eb57d8385b0ed595b

## 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/goto.now/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=goto.now
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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