# PhishDestroy threat dossier — homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-03 17:37:21 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 59/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Targeted brand: PayPal

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

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

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-09-22
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 4d824d023de01f229e601938edcdb7020802d167c0d85fac21c644cf194c9450
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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First detected:    2026-07-02 14:34:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-03 16:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-02 18:19:39 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/019f22d1-aa19-70ae-a967-409e0a6b13a5/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-02 15:02:49 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain, homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com, is identified as an active phishing infrastructure designed to impersonate PayPal’s payment verification system. Analysis indicates the site presents fraudulent login interfaces to harvest credentials, payment details, and personal information from victims under the guise of account security checks. The threat actor appears to target users through deceptive emails or messages directing them to verify transactions, exploiting trust in the PayPal brand to facilitate unauthorized access to financial accounts.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain resolves to the IP address 34.144.206.118, hosted on a platform that allows rapid deployment of subdomains under wixstudio.com, a legitimate service often abused for phishing. As of the latest scan, the domain has evaded detection by major security engines, registering 0 out of 95 detections on VirusTotal. No registrar or creation date metadata is publicly available due to the subdomain’s nested structure, which obscures traditional WHOIS visibility. The domain remains unlisted on prominent blocklists, allowing it to operate without immediate mitigation.  Users who have visited homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com or entered credentials on the site should immediately revoke any sessions linked to the account, enable multi-factor authentication, and monitor for unauthorized transactions. Financial institutions should be notified if payment details were submitted. Security teams are advised to flag the domain and its resolving IP (34.144.206.118) for internal blocking, while awaiting further detection updates from threat intelligence feeds. Vigilance is recommended for similar subdomain-based phishing attempts leveraging cloud hosting platforms.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      4d824d023de01f229e601938edcdb7020802d167c0d85fac21c644cf194c9450

## 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/homepage-paypl.wixstudio.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=homepage-paypl.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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