# PhishDestroy threat dossier — helpsecure-coinbase.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-24 21:22:24 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/helpsecure-coinbase.com/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, G-Data, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.49.23.145 (US, New York)
ASN:             AS53831 Squarespace, Inc.
Hosting org:     Squarespace, Inc.
Registrar:       Squarespace Domains II LLC
Nameservers:     ["nsc1.squarespacedns.com", "nsc2.squarespacedns.com", "nsc3.squarespacedns.com", "nsc4.squarespacedns.com"]
Page title:      Coming Soon
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR2
Expires:    2026-10-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 8e377ed11bfcc014af750534b4a4463da58fdc7eba235d957ebe3ff70cf68117

## 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 12:38:30 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-24 20:20:23 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-20 00:23:21 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 23:31:54 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

helpsecure-coinbase.com Safety Check — Brand Impersonation

This domain, helpsecure-coinbase.com, is flagged as a high‑risk brand‑impersonation site targeting Coinbase. Registration information shows the domain was provisioned through Squarespace Domains II LLC and uses Squarespace’s DNS infrastructure (nsc1.squarespacedns.com, nsc2.squarespacedns.com, nsc3.squarespacedns.com). The host resolves to IP 198.49.23.145, an address owned by Squarespace, Inc. in the United States. HTTPS is provided by a Let’s Encrypt certificate (YR2) and the HTTP response issues a 301 redirect. VirusTotal analysis records five detections out of ninety‑one scanners, and the domain is listed on three external blocklists, with active blocks from PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. The current page title is “Coming Soon,” and no further page content has been disclosed. Because the site employs a legitimate hosting provider and a valid TLS certificate, static analysis may not reveal malicious payloads, but the brand‑impersonation intent is confirmed by the domain name and the classification. Defenders should block the domain at network perimeter, add it to URL filtering policies, and monitor DNS queries for the associated IP and nameservers. Incident response teams should treat any user interaction with the site as suspicious and advise users to avoid credential entry. Ongoing observation is recommended to detect any future changes to the page content or additional malicious activity.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      8e377ed11bfcc014af750534b4a4463da58fdc7eba235d957ebe3ff70cf68117

## 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/helpsecure-coinbase.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=helpsecure-coinbase.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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