# PhishDestroy threat dossier — instagramclone-smoky.vercel.app
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Fetched:   2026-07-07 04:14:12 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/instagramclone-smoky.vercel.app/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Instagram
Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_split) (score: 1/6)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      12/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: BitDefender, ESET, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, Netcraft, OpenPhish, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.198.79.131 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     Vercel, Inc
Registrar:       Vercel Inc.
Nameservers:     NS_NOT_FOUND
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:    2026-07-06 14:44:58 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-07 04:20:35 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f3774-8620-77cb-b797-fb6204e841c7/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/instagramclone-smoky.vercel.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.instagramclone-smoky.vercel.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=instagramclone-smoky.vercel.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/instagramclone-smoky.vercel.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/instagramclone-smoky.vercel.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-06 15:00:34 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain presents a high risk level as an active generic phishing threat designed to impersonate Instagram login interfaces and harvest user credentials.

Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain resolves to IP 216.198.79.131, is registered through Vercel Inc., carries the page title Instagram, and maintains active status. VirusTotal reports detections from exactly 12 of 95 security vendors.

Users should block the domain at the network perimeter, avoid entering credentials on any site matching the observed Instagram page title, and verify all Instagram URLs against official domains. Organizations can add the IP 216.198.79.131 and the exact domain string to internal blocklists while monitoring for similar vercel.app subdomains mimicking brand login flows.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71
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/instagramclone-smoky.vercel.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=instagramclone-smoky.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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