# PhishDestroy threat dossier — homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-01 07:10:11 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 79/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 8/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Criminal IP, alphaMountain.ai, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue, VIPRE ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2026-04-24 Page title: 404 Error: Page Not Found | Wix Studio HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-24 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-24 08:52:15 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-26 19:40:16 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-26 12:42:15 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dbe09-d867-73c3-90d1-55fbd9003d0d/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-24 08:53:02 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies an active phishing campaign targeting HomeStart Extensions users via the domain homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com. This site is categorized as a generic phishing threat and is currently active, posing a direct risk to visitors seeking legitimate HomeStart Extensions services. The domain homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com resolves to IP 34.144.206.118 and is secured with a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate. As of the latest scan, this domain was flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating it has not yet been widely detected by automated defenses. The domain is hosted on Wix’s platform (wixstudio.com), which may be abused to lend false legitimacy to the fraudulent site. While specific creation date and blocklist metrics are under further analysis, the absence of detections highlights a critical detection gap that attackers are actively exploiting. This campaign remains active and represents an immediate threat to users who may mistake the spoofed site for the official HomeStart Extensions platform. Users are strongly advised to avoid clicking links to homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com and to verify the authenticity of any HomeStart Extensions-related site by visiting the official domain (homestart.gov.au or homestart.extensions.gov.au) directly. Organizations and individuals should report this domain to their security teams and consider updating network blocklists to include IP 34.144.206.118. Further investigation is ongoing with seed ID 9ae474 to uncover additional infrastructure and potential payloads associated with this campaign. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 8/94 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 9dae2d380288ac898efffb0f06444e23 TLS cert SHA-256: 79b690ec6aae60ba0de52d269638de0a570e5a2c2e467d8b649454d39b9edaab ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/homestart-extensions.wixstudio.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=homestart-extensions.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io