# PhishDestroy threat dossier — home.microsoft ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 13:19:12 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/home.microsoft/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Tech Support Scam Targeted brand: Microsoft ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 20.70.246.20 (AU, The Rocks) ASN: AS8075 Microsoft Corporation Hosting org: Microsoft Azure Cloud (australiaeast) Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns1-07.azure-dns.com", "ns2-07.azure-dns.net", "ns3-07.azure-dns.org", "ns4-07.azure-dns.info"] HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Microsoft Corporation / Microsoft TLS G2 RSA CA OCSP 04 Expires: 2026-10-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6518b5cda46d825d26a3d988aeaa6403b685f15cf1dfed771f0b523950770697 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - 365.microsoft - about.microsoft - account.microsoft - api.bing - apps.windows - azure.microsoft - azuresre.ai - band.microsoft - bing.microsoft - bingrewards.com - breakingintosecuritypodcast.com - business.skype - c.bing - call.skype - cloud.microsoft ... +182 more ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-26 13:23:08 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-28 12:51:18 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-26 13:24:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] home.microsoft Generic Phishing Alert Analysis of the domain home.microsoft indicates that it is currently active and has been flagged by the PhishDestroy blocking service. The domain is listed on a single public security blocklist, confirming that at least one external repository has identified it as malicious. An HTTP request to the host returns a 301 status code, suggesting that the site redirects visitors to another location, a common technique used to conceal the ultimate phishing payload. The domain resolves to Azure DNS infrastructure, as shown by the four nameservers – ns1-07.azure-dns.com, ns2-07.azure-dns.net, ns3-07.azure-dns.org, and ns4-07.azure-dns – indicating that the attacker is leveraging Microsoft’s cloud DNS service for resilience and rapid deployment. Registration was performed through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar frequently used by large enterprises, which does not mitigate the risk of abuse. VirusTotal reports that the domain has been scanned by 91 vendors with no current detections, but the absence of a detection does not constitute evidence of safety and should not be used to lower the threat posture. Defenders should treat the domain as a phishing risk: block the domain at the DNS layer, add it to URL filtering and web proxy deny lists, and monitor outbound traffic for connections to the Azure name‑server range associated with the domain. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised because the domain’s status remains "under investigation" and may evolve as additional intelligence becomes available. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 6518b5cda46d825d26a3d988aeaa6403b685f15cf1dfed771f0b523950770697 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/home.microsoft/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=home.microsoft Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 210,853 domains (85,293 alive under monitoring, 124,530 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io