# PhishDestroy threat dossier — mgba.app
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Fetched:   2026-07-03 03:14:18 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mgba.app/

## 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:      19/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, ESTsecurity, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence, VIPRE
URLQuery:        2 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.54.158 (US, San Francisco)
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Spaceship, Inc.
Nameservers:     braden.ns.cloudflare.com, savanna.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-01-16
Expires:         2027-01-16
Page title:      mGBA - Accurate Game Boy Advance Emulator | Download & Guides

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-08-23
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: abc9648e01136105bd9c129ab6da795d88107cef6c69b325669ef31fcda0a540

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-01-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-02 14:53:33 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-02 13:12:51 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-03 04:20:37 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-03 03:02:48 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/019f22e3-10f1-7129-adeb-c89bb0e98502/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/47764f55-fe8b-4642-8a4a-3ce3964bbd46
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/mgba.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.mgba.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=mgba.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/mgba.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/mgba.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-02 14:57:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain, mgba.app, is under investigation for generic phishing activity and currently remains active. The domain impersonates the mGBA emulator project, as indicated by its page title, mGBA - Accurate Game Boy Advance Emulator | Download & Guides, which may deceive users seeking legitimate software.

Infrastructure analysis reveals this domain resolves to IP 104.21.54.158, registered through Spaceship, Inc. on January 16, 2026. It is flagged by 1 of 95 VirusTotal vendors and appears on 1 security blocklist, specifically Maltrail. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt, and no detection was reported on VirusTotal (0/95), suggesting it has not yet been widely identified as malicious.

Current status remains active and under investigation. Concrete recommendations include: monitor the domain for phishing campaigns, block traffic to mgba.app at the network level, and verify the legitimacy of any mGBA-related downloads from official sources only.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 19/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260702-E6F996
Favicon MD5:       e8520a65c837d16b015b371db87702cf
TLS cert SHA-256:      abc9648e01136105bd9c129ab6da795d88107cef6c69b325669ef31fcda0a540

## 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/mgba.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=mgba.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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