# PhishDestroy threat dossier — live-downloads.wixstudio.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-01 16:42:13 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/live-downloads.wixstudio.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 67/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Cluster25, CRDF, Gridinsoft ## 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: 2026-04-27 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: 2026-04-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-27 19:23:52 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-29 19:40:22 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-28 14:43:35 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dcfbd-8c2c-74d6-8de7-7d4c2d8fd502/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/live-downloads.wixstudio.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.live-downloads.wixstudio.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=live-downloads.wixstudio.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/live-downloads.wixstudio.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/live-downloads.wixstudio.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-27 19:27:10 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies live-downloads.wixstudio.com as an active generic phishing domain currently under investigation for serving deceptive software update lures. This domain mimics legitimate download portals but is engineered to trick users into installing malicious payloads or surrendering sensitive credentials. At present, no specific brand is being impersonated through trademarked logos or official site replication, but the site employs social engineering tactics centered on urgency—e.g., fake update prompts for software long discontinued or unsupported. No known drainer kit signatures or advanced JavaScript obfuscation have been detected in initial forensic scans, though behavioral analysis remains ongoing to rule out sophisticated manipulation frameworks. This domain operates under a legitimate hosting infrastructure managed via Wix Studio, with a currently valid Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate. According to VirusTotal analysis conducted on seed fd05af, the site shows 0 detections out of 95 tested engines as of the latest scan. The domain resolves to a Google Cloud public IP address (34.144.206.118) and is associated with a Wix registrar configuration. The domain’s creation date falls within recent months, though the exact timestamp remains under further verification. Google Safe Browsing (GSB) has not yet flagged the domain, and current blocklist cross-references indicate no prior inclusion in major threat intelligence feeds such as PhishTank or OpenPhish. These technical indicators suggest a newly deployed or rapidly evolving threat infrastructure with limited static detection coverage. As of this assessment, live-downloads.wixstudio.com remains active and is currently in a reactive monitoring phase. PhishDestroy analysts have flagged the site for heightened observation due to its high-risk behavioral patterns and rapid infrastructure deployment. Immediate user action is advised: avoid visiting or downloading anything from this domain. Users who may have interacted with this site should scan their devices using updated antimalware tools, reset passwords used after visiting (especially on shared networks), and monitor financial accounts closely. While the current risk level is marked as 'under_investigation', the lack of detections on VirusTotal and absence from GSB indicate a latent but growing threat. Defensive recommendations include blocking the domain at DNS/network level using a firewall or hosts file entry, reporting the site to browser vendors and phishing databases, and maintaining vigilance for similar impersonation campaigns leveraging cloud hosting platforms. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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/live-downloads.wixstudio.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=live-downloads.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