# PhishDestroy threat dossier — instagram-reset-password.vercel.app
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 13:58:09 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/instagram-reset-password.vercel.app/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing
Targeted brand: Instagram

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      24/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Criminal IP, AILabs (MONITORAPP), alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, Ermes, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safe Browsing, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, MalwareURL, Netcraft, OpenPhish, PREBYTES
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      64.29.17.195 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     Vercel, Inc
Registrar:       Vercel
Page title:      Instagram
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WR1
Expires:    2026-09-26
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: ee54cb11f16cc311b3acbae57f8fbb03f338c1b2a20de72722c3eafd0dae0140

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:38:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 12:22:44 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-20 01:16:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

instagram-reset-password.vercel.app — Credential Phishing

On July 19, 2026, the domain instagram-reset-password.vercel.app was identified as an active credential‑phishing infrastructure targeting Instagram users. The site presents a page title of "Instagram" and is hosted on Vercel infrastructure, as indicated by the SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services (WR1) and the registration through Vercel. DNS resolution points to IP address 64.29.17.195, which is geolocated to the United States and associated with Vercel, Inc. HTTP requests return a 200 status, confirming that the site is reachable and serving content. Independent threat‑intel feeds have flagged the domain: PhishDestroy lists it as blocked, Google Safe Browsing labels it as social engineering, and VirusTotal reports that 24 of 91 security vendors have marked the host as malicious. The domain also appears on a single public blocklist. The observable evidence points to a classic credential‑phishing campaign that attempts to harvest Instagram login details, though the specific page layout and data‑capture mechanisms have not been publicly disclosed. Defenders should add the domain to network‑level blocklists, update email‑gateway filters to flag URLs containing "instagram-reset-password.vercel.app," and educate users about unsolicited password‑reset links that reference Instagram. Continuous monitoring of the associated IP range and Vercel host is advised to detect any replication of this infrastructure.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      ee54cb11f16cc311b3acbae57f8fbb03f338c1b2a20de72722c3eafd0dae0140

## 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/instagram-reset-password.vercel.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=instagram-reset-password.vercel.app
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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