# PhishDestroy threat dossier — saiss.co.za ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-28 15:15:35 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/saiss.co.za/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: Dynadot LLC Nameservers: courtney.ns.cloudflare.com, tadeo.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-12-18 Expires: 2026-12-18 Page title: SASSA Status Check: SRD R370 Payment Dates 2025 HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-12 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 7f48cffcbc797983ccbce89cfa51cc0a9855b8b0013869c22d58e4f39a0dfad1 ## 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: 2025-12-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-27 02:14:18 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-28 16:20:38 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f066b-d7e9-7231-97e1-9bfa078808ad/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/saiss.co.za crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.saiss.co.za Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=saiss.co.za AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/saiss.co.za URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/saiss.co.za/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-27 03:00:24 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, saiss.co.za, operates as a high-risk phishing site targeting South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries. The page mimics the official SASSA Status Check portal, displaying the title 'SASSA Status Check: SRD R370 Payment Dates 2025' to deceive users into submitting personal and financial details. Analysis indicates the site is designed to harvest login credentials, identity documents, and banking information under the guise of verifying SRD grant eligibility or payment status. The infrastructure supports credential theft, which may lead to unauthorized access to government benefits, financial fraud, or identity misuse. Evidence confirms the domain's malicious nature through multiple technical indicators. VirusTotal reports 4 out of 95 security vendors flagging saiss.co.za as malicious, with detections spanning phishing and fraud categories. The domain was registered on December 18, 2025, through Dynadot LLC, a registrar frequently observed in phishing campaigns due to its accessibility and privacy features. Infrastructure analysis reveals the site resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3, which has been associated with other fraudulent domains in recent threat intelligence feeds. No legitimate SASSA subdomain or official portal uses this naming convention or hosting provider. Users who visited saiss.co.za and entered any personal information should take immediate action. First, cease all interaction with the site and avoid clicking any links received via email or SMS referencing SASSA or SRD payments. Change passwords for any accounts accessed after visiting the domain, particularly banking or government portals, using strong, unique credentials. Report the incident to the South African Fraud Prevention Service and SASSA’s official fraud hotline. Monitor financial statements and credit reports for unauthorized transactions, and consider placing a fraud alert with credit bureaus. Official SASSA communications will never request sensitive information via unsecured websites or unsolicited messages. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: f3bb6ddd6a2d503a0344ed8a8dc9443c TLS cert SHA-256: 7f48cffcbc797983ccbce89cfa51cc0a9855b8b0013869c22d58e4f39a0dfad1 ## 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 (volunteer 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/saiss.co.za/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=saiss.co.za 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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 172,015 domains (13,989 alive under monitoring, 157,545 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io