# PhishDestroy threat dossier — microsoft-sms-group.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-22 23:05:14 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/microsoft-sms-group.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 78/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Targeted brand: Microsoft ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 178.104.151.57 (DE, Nuremberg) ASN: AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH Hosting org: Hetzner Registrar: RegistryGate GmbH Nameservers: ["dns.dns1.de", "dns.dns2.de", "dns.dns3.de", "dns.dns4.de"] Registered: 2026-05-23 Expires: 2027-05-21 Page title: Welcome to nginx! HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-19 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 22a59127725da944368039eeb32b4366d503101ca4910711b4f6733efa0d1400 ## 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: 2026-05-23 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-23 17:30:18 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-15 03:47:43 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-23 00:20:51 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-23 18:18:46 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/1a842db2-6dfd-4acf-b368-f2b3986834d5 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/microsoft-sms-group.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.microsoft-sms-group.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=microsoft-sms-group.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/microsoft-sms-group.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/microsoft-sms-group.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-13 13:27:18 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] microsoft-sms-group.com: Brand Impersonation Site PhishDestroy identifies microsoft-sms-group.com as a site that poses a brand impersonation threat, where attackers impersonate Microsoft to trick users into divulging sensitive information. This domain was flagged by 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and it resolves to IP 178.104.151.57, indicating a potential security risk. The site was registered through RegistryGate GmbH and has an SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt / E7, which may give a false sense of security to users. If a user visited this site, they should immediately change their passwords and monitor their accounts for any suspicious activity, as the site has been taken offline but may have still caused harm to those who interacted with it, and PhishDestroy recommends being cautious of emails and links that may have led to this site, using the unique seed 88dfee to track and analyze this threat. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 22a59127725da944368039eeb32b4366d503101ca4910711b4f6733efa0d1400 ## 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/microsoft-sms-group.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=microsoft-sms-group.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: 188,484 domains (57,762 alive under monitoring, 129,097 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io