# PhishDestroy threat dossier — locarnoyouth.hostel.town
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Fetched:   2026-06-20 20:21:21 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/locarnoyouth.hostel.town/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      18/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, OpenPhish, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.86.104.14 (US, New York City)
Hosting org:     AS14956 RouterHosting LLC
Registrar:       Spaceship, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["launch1.spaceship.net", "launch2.spaceship.net"]
Page title:      Locarno Youth Hostel - Locarno, Switzerland

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     ZeroSSL GmbH / ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2
Expires:    2026-08-19
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 67a97cd1381f6984c2c459990d9fa0599869b51cd80116585cb43067ba5f6a76
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - hostel.town

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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First detected:    2026-06-18 14:39:26 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-18 12:45:15 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-20 20:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-19 00:18:00 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019edabc-db81-7035-adfb-0d60ce8957b5/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/75729b57-d3a5-46f7-bc93-1ecea4471ff5
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/locarnoyouth.hostel.town
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.locarnoyouth.hostel.town
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=locarnoyouth.hostel.town
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/locarnoyouth.hostel.town
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/locarnoyouth.hostel.town/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 15:11:29 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies locarnoyouth.hostel.town as a high-risk generic_phishing domain, impersonating Locarno Youth Hostel in Switzerland, with no known crypto drainer kit or specific brand impersonation technique beyond the page title. 

 This domain was flagged with a VirusTotal score of 11/95, registered with an unspecified registrar, resolves to IP 172.86.104.14, and has a creation date that is not publicly disclosed, with a current GSB status that is also not publicly available, and is currently blocked by 11 security vendors. 

 The current status of locarnoyouth.hostel.town is active, with a high risk level, prompting response actions such as blocking the domain and educating users about the risks of credential theft, yet the remaining risk is still significant due to its ongoing activity and potential for unsuspecting users to fall victim, hence it is crucial to remain vigilant and take necessary precautions to avoid scams.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260618-54564B
Favicon MD5:       8b82b402972f10d24edb90e234d4e23e
TLS cert SHA-256:      67a97cd1381f6984c2c459990d9fa0599869b51cd80116585cb43067ba5f6a76

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/locarnoyouth.hostel.town/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=locarnoyouth.hostel.town
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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