# PhishDestroy threat dossier — search.microsoft ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-28 16:34:12 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/search.microsoft/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 67/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Targeted brand: Microsoft ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/91 security vendors flagged this domain AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 20.70.246.20 (AU, The Rocks) ASN: AS8075 Microsoft Corporation Hosting org: Microsoft Azure Cloud (australiaeast) Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns1-03.azure-dns.com", "ns2-03.azure-dns.net", "ns3-03.azure-dns.org", "ns4-03.azure-dns.info"] Page title: Suche – Microsoft Bing HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Microsoft Corporation / Microsoft TLS G2 RSA CA OCSP 04 Expires: 2026-10-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6518b5cda46d825d26a3d988aeaa6403b685f15cf1dfed771f0b523950770697 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - 365.microsoft - about.microsoft - account.microsoft - api.bing - apps.windows - azure.microsoft - azuresre.ai - band.microsoft - bing.microsoft - bingrewards.com - breakingintosecuritypodcast.com - business.skype - c.bing - call.skype - cloud.microsoft ... +182 more ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-28 05:53:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-28 18:22:13 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-28 05:54:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] search.microsoft Safety Check — Generic Phishing Detected The domain search.microsoft was observed on July 28, 2026 as an active generic phishing site. Registration data shows the domain is held through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly associated with legitimate enterprise domains, and it is served by four Azure DNS nameservers (ns1-03.azure-dns.com, ns2-03.azure-dns.net, ns3-03.azure-dns.org, ns4-03). The HTTP response for the root URL issues a 301 redirect, indicating that the site may be forwarding traffic to a secondary location, though the target URL has not been disclosed. VirusTotal reports that the domain has been scanned by 91 security vendors; none of those vendors have generated a detection at the time of analysis. While the absence of detections does not imply safety, it reflects that the payload or hosting characteristics have not yet triggered signatures in those engines. The domain is currently listed on a single security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy mitigation service, confirming that at least one external provider has identified it as malicious. No additional intelligence such as SSL certificate details, page title, or content analysis is available, leaving the exact phishing vector and targeted brand undefined. Given the limited visibility, defenders should treat the domain as hostile: block all outbound connections to the domain and its associated Azure nameservers, monitor DNS queries for the four listed nameservers, and incorporate the domain into internal phishing and URL filtering policies. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as future scans may generate detections and additional blocklist entries could appear, providing further context for remediation actions. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 6518b5cda46d825d26a3d988aeaa6403b685f15cf1dfed771f0b523950770697 ## 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/search.microsoft/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=search.microsoft 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: 211,986 domains (86,426 alive under monitoring, 124,530 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io