# PhishDestroy threat dossier — live-hotmail.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-18 21:07:14 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/live-hotmail.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing Targeted brand: Microsoft ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 25/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, Criminal IP, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, Netcraft, OpenPhish, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, URLQuery, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 3 detections Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 180.178.160.59 Registrar: Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu Nameservers: ["ns1.openprovider.nl", "ns2.openprovider.be", "ns3.openprovider.eu"] Registered: 2026-04-16 Page title: Sign in HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R13 Expires: 2026-07-14 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 75b12a8464d31b40ad1673c4f9ee7664427aa87efc6869701b1d50b75d6d499c ## 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: 2026-04-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-16 17:50:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-16 14:50:19 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-04-18 23:33:50 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d96c4-0c69-73e8-af57-c802302bdcfe/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/6bf38f75-fa85-4748-8034-5e0fafb27543 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/live-hotmail.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.live-hotmail.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=live-hotmail.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/live-hotmail.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/live-hotmail.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-16 17:51:19 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-hotmail.com as a live Hotmail credential phishing domain currently active in the wild. This domain is actively luring victims by mimicking the legitimate Hotmail login portal to harvest Microsoft account credentials. The threat has been confirmed through multiple detection vectors and poses an elevated risk to users who may inadvertently submit their login details to this fraudulent site. This domain was flagged by 25 of 95 VirusTotal security vendors and has been blocked by two reputable threat intelligence feeds, including Phishunt and PhishingArmy. Registered through Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu, the domain resolves to IP address 185.178.160.59 and was created on April 15, 2026. Despite its recent creation, it already appears on multiple blocklists, indicating rapid malicious adoption. The SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt may provide a false sense of legitimacy, but the domain’s behavioral and reputational indicators strongly suggest fraudulent intent. Given the active status of this phishing domain, immediate action is recommended. Users should avoid accessing live-hotmail.com and report any interactions to their security teams. Administrators are advised to block both the domain and associated IP address at the network perimeter. Additionally, consider updating email filtering rules to include this domain and conducting user awareness training to reduce susceptibility to credential harvesting attacks. The combination of a recently registered domain, low trust scores, and high detection rates underscores the urgency of proactive containment. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260416-2DD8BE Favicon MD5: 12e3dac858061d088023b2bd48e2fa96 TLS cert SHA-256: 75b12a8464d31b40ad1673c4f9ee7664427aa87efc6869701b1d50b75d6d499c ## 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-hotmail.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=live-hotmail.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