# PhishDestroy threat dossier — privateequity-holdings.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-24 18:47:45 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/privateequity-holdings.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: BitDefender, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Netcraft, OpenPhish, Sophos, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 72.167.124.67 (US, Phoenix) Hosting org: AS26496 GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ns15.domaincontrol.com, ns16.domaincontrol.com Registered: 2026-05-20 Expires: 2027-05-20 Page title: privateequity-holdings.com HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R12 Expires: 2026-08-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 5abcb5245759cf3409b9ece340a7889d73485e77f868489efdcb65fbe25ec588 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - cpanel.privateequity-holdings.com - mail.privateequity-holdings.com - webdisk.privateequity-holdings.com - www.privateequity-holdings.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-05-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-22 16:41:24 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-22 14:44:41 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-24 20:20:20 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f8a44-859c-7212-b0f9-bac714d01492/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/77968cbf-a8e5-45f0-8b97-c859cc29b70f Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/privateequity-holdings.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.privateequity-holdings.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=privateequity-holdings.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/privateequity-holdings.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/privateequity-holdings.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-22 16:41:49 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is privateequity-holdings.com a Phishing Scam? privateequity-holdings.com was registered on May 20, 2026 through GoDaddy.com, LLC and is hosted on IP 72.167.124.67. The authoritative name servers are ns15.domaincontrol.com and ns16.domaincontrol.com, both belonging to GoDaddy's DNS infrastructure. The domain is relatively new, having existed for only two months at the time of this analysis (July 22, 2026). VirusTotal reports that 11 of 95 scanning engines flag the domain as malicious, indicating a consensus of concern among security vendors. The domain appears on a single public blocklist and is actively listed by PhishDestroy as a blocked resource. No additional public blocklists, Safe Browsing entries, or Open Threat Exchange (OTX) indicators are currently documented for this domain. SSL/TLS information, HTTP response codes, and page title data have not been disclosed, so the presence of encryption or specific content cannot be confirmed. The limited detection footprint, combined with the recent creation date and GoDaddy registration, aligns with typical patterns observed in newly‑registered phishing infrastructure. Defenders should block traffic to 72.167.124.67 and add privateequity‑holdings.com to internal deny lists. Continuous monitoring of VirusTotal, threat intelligence feeds, and DNS reputation services is recommended to capture any emerging indicators such as additional vendor detections, new blocklist listings, or changes in SSL configuration. Organizations that receive unsolicited communications referencing private equity investments should treat any links to this domain as high‑risk and verify the source through out‑of‑band channels. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260722-6BA537 TLS cert SHA-256: 5abcb5245759cf3409b9ece340a7889d73485e77f868489efdcb65fbe25ec588 ## 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/privateequity-holdings.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=privateequity-holdings.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