# PhishDestroy threat dossier — helpscustomersupportsmicrosoft.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-24 22:44:50 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/helpscustomersupportsmicrosoft.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Microsoft

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      9/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, SOCRadar, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.49.23.144 (US, New York)
ASN:             AS53831 Squarespace, Inc.
Hosting org:     Squarespace, Inc.
Registrar:       Squarespace Domains II LLC
Nameservers:     ["nsa1.squarespacedns.com", "nsa2.squarespacedns.com", "nsa3.squarespacedns.com", "nsa4.squarespacedns.com"]
Page title:      Coming Soon
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-09-21
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 346cd8c8631cbc4e47baa6e2370de09f785790565ed36ad8082b8b68f648743c

## 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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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:38:06 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-25 00:20:27 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-20 00:23:47 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-20 01:38:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

helpscustomersupportsmicrosoft.com — Brand Impersonation

This domain, helpscustomersupportsmicrosoft.com, was observed hosting a brand‑impersonation page titled “Coming Soon”. The site was served over HTTPS using a Let’s Encrypt certificate issued in the current year, suggesting recent deployment. DNS resolution points to IP 198.49.23.144, an address owned by Squarespace, Inc. in the United States. The domain is registered through Squarespace Domains II LLC and uses Squarespace name servers (nsa1‑, nsa2‑, nsa3‑squarespacedns.com). HTTP requests return status code 200, indicating the web service was reachable before the takedown. VirusTotal scans recorded nine detections out of ninety‑one scanners, and the domain appears on three independent blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. MX records point to smtp.google.com, which may be an attempt to lend legitimacy to the impersonation. The site is presently offline, but the infrastructure—particularly the Squarespace hosting and the shared IP address—remains reusable by the threat actor. Defenders should continue to block the domain and its associated IP, monitor for newly‑registered Squarespace‑hosted domains that reference Microsoft, and consider adding the observed MX configuration to heuristic rules. Attribution beyond the observed infrastructure is not currently available.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      346cd8c8631cbc4e47baa6e2370de09f785790565ed36ad8082b8b68f648743c

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/helpscustomersupportsmicrosoft.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=helpscustomersupportsmicrosoft.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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