# PhishDestroy threat dossier — hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 00:13:18 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 80/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Generic Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Cluster25, CRDF, Gridinsoft, VIPRE, Webroot

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      34.144.206.118 (US, Kansas City)
ASN:             AS396982 Google LLC
Hosting org:     Google Cloud
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ["dns1.p08.nsone.net", "dns2.p08.nsone.net", "dns3.p08.nsone.net", "dns4.p08.nsone.net"]
Registered:      2026-04-11
HTTP response:   404

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-06-04
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 79b690ec6aae60ba0de52d269638de0a570e5a2c2e467d8b649454d39b9edaab
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - wixstudio.com

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-04-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-11 10:20:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 02:12:28 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-11 18:18:28 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019d7b68-a1e6-7059-bee9-6f3e1942098c/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-11 10:21:04 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com as an active credential theft phishing domain currently under investigation. This subdomain, hosted on WixStudio, is designed to mimic legitimate hardware retailers to harvest user credentials. The domain resolves to IP 34.144.206.118 and uses a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which may lend a false sense of security to visitors. With zero detections on VirusTotal at present, this threat remains undetected by many security tools, increasing the risk of successful compromise.  This domain was flagged with a risk level of under_investigation and shows no current blocklist presence. It operates under the Wix.com registrar infrastructure but targets hardware-related brands, likely attempting to exploit consumer trust in recognizable retail names. The absence of detections (0/95 on VirusTotal) underscores the stealthy nature of this campaign, making it particularly dangerous for end users relying on automated threat detection.  To mitigate exposure to this credential theft domain, users should immediately block hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com at the network or endpoint level. Enterprises should update firewall rules and security policies to flag this domain as malicious. Consumers should avoid clicking links from unsolicited emails or ads referencing hardware products and verify URLs before entering login credentials. Security teams are advised to monitor for related infrastructure and update threat intelligence feeds with this domain’s IP and SSL fingerprint to enhance detection across environments.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 5/94 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       9dae2d380288ac898efffb0f06444e23
TLS cert SHA-256:      79b690ec6aae60ba0de52d269638de0a570e5a2c2e467d8b649454d39b9edaab

## 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/hardware-en-us.wixstudio.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=hardware-en-us.wixstudio.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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