# PhishDestroy threat dossier — hotmail.hotmail ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 01:23:19 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/hotmail.hotmail/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs Composite threat score: 58/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: BitDefender, G-Data, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 20.231.239.246 (US, Boydton) ASN: AS8075 Microsoft Corporation Hosting org: Microsoft Azure Cloud (eastus) Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns1-05.azure-dns.com", "ns2-05.azure-dns.net", "ns3-05.azure-dns.org", "ns4-05.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 15:03:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-27 00:57:12 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-26 15:07:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] hotmail.hotmail generic phishing campaign detected The domain hotmail.hotmail is classified as a high‑risk generic phishing site and remains active as of the report date, July 26, 2026. Infrastructure analysis shows the domain is delegated to Azure DNS servers: ns1-05.azure-dns.com, ns2-05.azure-dns.net, ns3-05.azure-dns.org, and ns4-05.azure-dns.org. Registration records indicate the domain was provisioned through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly used for legitimate enterprises, which does not mitigate the malicious intent observed. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy feed, confirming that at least one trusted anti‑phishing source has taken remediation action. VirusTotal scans report that three of ninety‑one security vendors flagged the domain, providing additional corroboration of its malicious nature. An HTTP request to the domain returns a 301 status code, suggesting a permanent redirect that may be used to forward victims to a credential‑harvesting endpoint, although the final landing URL has not been disclosed. No public IP address, SSL certificate details, page title, or Safe Browsing verdict are available in the current intelligence set, leaving those vectors unverified. Defenders should add hotmail.hotmail to network deny lists, enforce DNS sinkholing for the identified Azure nameservers, and monitor for any new redirects or hosting changes. Continuous re‑evaluation of VirusTotal and blocklist entries is advised, as additional detections may emerge. ## 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/hotmail.hotmail/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=hotmail.hotmail 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: 201,000 domains (88,158 alive under monitoring, 111,811 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io