# PhishDestroy threat dossier — instagram-viral.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-06 15:31:33 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/instagram-viral.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 86/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Targeted brand: Instagram ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 13/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, LevelBlue, Netcraft, OpenPhish, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 162.159.140.98 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ns1.digitalocean.com, ns2.digitalocean.com, ns3.digitalocean.com Registered: 2026-07-05 Expires: 2027-07-05 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: GoDaddy.com / GoDaddy TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1 Expires: 2027-01-19 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 0f8782bf1005ceb515e6347f5c9f4d1cec6cf779ccffcca02a67f3870579068c ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-07-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-06 14:49:37 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-06 16:30:11 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f3778-ce81-723c-b963-2b73c3909ea4/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/instagram-viral.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.instagram-viral.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=instagram-viral.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/instagram-viral.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/instagram-viral.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-06 14:56:11 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, instagram-viral.com, is actively involved in brand impersonation targeting Instagram, a high-profile social media platform. Analysis confirms the domain is designed to deceive users by mimicking Instagram’s branding, likely for credential theft or fraudulent account access. The domain remains operational as of the latest verification, posing an ongoing risk to unsuspecting users. Infrastructure analysis reveals instagram-viral.com resolves to the IP address 162.159.140.98 and was registered through GoDaddy.com, LLC on July 05, 2026. The domain is flagged by 13 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating a moderate but significant level of detection. The SSL certificate is issued by GoDaddy.com, which, while common for legitimate domains, is frequently exploited in impersonation schemes to lend a false sense of legitimacy. No additional blocklist entries or trust scores were identified beyond the VirusTotal detections, but the domain’s creation date suggests it may be part of a recently deployed campaign. Current status confirms instagram-viral.com remains active, with no takedown or mitigation measures observed. Organizations and individuals are advised to block the domain and its associated IP (162.159.140.98) at the network perimeter. Endpoint protection systems should be updated to include this domain in deny lists, and users should be educated on recognizing brand impersonation tactics, particularly those involving social media platforms. Monitoring for related domains registered under the same infrastructure or registrar is recommended to preemptively mitigate similar threats. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 0f8782bf1005ceb515e6347f5c9f4d1cec6cf779ccffcca02a67f3870579068c ## 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/instagram-viral.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=instagram-viral.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 175,439 domains (13,735 alive under monitoring, 160,779 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io