# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pha-ross.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-07-29 13:49:14 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pha-ross.xyz/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 99/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Bfore.Ai PreCrime, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.83.246 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Nameservers:     ["gail.ns.cloudflare.com", "houston.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Page title:      Just a moment...
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE2
Expires:    2026-10-08
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9df7772f7a7b0d69801a07704b7007ca44dda6b6818f6007033f433109c93839

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-27 20:23:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-29 12:50:14 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-27 20:24:26 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

pha-ross.xyz Generic Phishing Alert

Analysis of the domain pha-ross.xyz indicates it is currently active and operates as a generic phishing vector. The authoritative name servers listed for the zone are gail.ns.cloudflare.com and houston.ns.cloudflare.com, confirming that the domain is hosted on Cloudflare’s network. Registration was performed through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com, a registrar frequently leveraged for rapid acquisition of disposable domains.

HTTP requests to the host return a 403 status code, which is consistent with a configuration that denies direct content delivery and is often employed by phishing infrastructures that serve malicious payloads only after additional checks. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy service, demonstrating that at least one reputable feed has classified it as malicious. VirusTotal analysis shows that three of ninety‑one scanned security vendors have flagged the domain, providing independent confirmation of its suspicious nature.

No additional intelligence such as page title, targeted brand, or malware kit details is presently available, leaving the precise phishing scenario unverified. Defenders should incorporate the domain into DNS‑based allow‑list blocks, ensure that perimeter firewalls and web proxies deny traffic to the identified name servers, and monitor for any further activity associated with the same registrar or Cloudflare name server pair. Continuous observation is recommended to detect potential changes in hosting, HTTP response behavior, or detection counts that could affect mitigation strategies.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      9df7772f7a7b0d69801a07704b7007ca44dda6b6818f6007033f433109c93839

## 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/pha-ross.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pha-ross.xyz
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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