# PhishDestroy threat dossier — marketplace-activation.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-24 17:40:16 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/marketplace-activation.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 85/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 198.12.80.250 (US, Buffalo) ASN: ASAS36352 AS-COLOCROSSING, US Hosting org: AS36352 HostPapa Registered: 2026-02-21 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: R11 Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-26 23:21:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-02-26 23:21:14 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-24 16:21:10 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-11 12:16:28 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/0198d776-be21-762f-849a-f8376e5b0551/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/marketplace-activation.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.marketplace-activation.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=marketplace-activation.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/marketplace-activation.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/marketplace-activation.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-24 10:26:29 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] marketplace-activation.com: Confirmed Phishing Site This domain, marketplace-activation.com, was registered on 21 February 2026 and is currently resolved to the IPv4 address 198.12.80.250. The address belongs to the HostPapa hosting provider (AS36352) located in the United States. The site presented an SSL certificate identified as “R11”, which is consistent with certificates commonly observed on malicious infrastructure. VirusTotal scans returned detections from 11 of 93 submitted security vendors, indicating that a notable minority of AV engines recognize the site as malicious. Independent reputation services corroborate the risk: Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, and the domain appears on a single public security blocklist. PhishDestroy has actively blocked the host, and the domain is presently taken offline, which prevents immediate client interaction but does not eliminate the underlying infrastructure. The combination of a fresh registration date, low‑reputation SSL, a zero trust score, and multiple vendor detections suggests the domain was used for a generic phishing campaign, likely aimed at harvesting credentials or financial information. Defenders should add the domain and its resolving IP address to internal URL filtering and DNS sink‑hole policies, monitor for any re‑appearance of the host on the same IP range, and consider sharing the indicators with industry‑wide blocklist operators. Continuous re‑verification of the SSL fingerprint and periodic VT rescans are recommended to detect any changes in the payload or hosting configuration. ## 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/marketplace-activation.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=marketplace-activation.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: 189,347 domains (58,573 alive under monitoring, 129,192 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io