# PhishDestroy threat dossier — security-help-microsoft.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-24 23:54:08 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/security-help-microsoft.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Microsoft

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.185.159.144 (US, New York)
ASN:             AS53831 Squarespace, Inc.
Hosting org:     Squarespace, Inc.
Registrar:       Squarespace Domains II LLC
Nameservers:     ["nsc1.squarespacedns.com", "nsc2.squarespacedns.com", "nsc3.squarespacedns.com", "nsc4.squarespacedns.com"]
Page title:      Coming Soon
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-10-14
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 5d7ac55a062bf9c164023e410e54b40e69c2c847ae370b70fc8f4b52c7732c8d

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:38:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-25 00:20:27 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-20 00:23:10 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 12:49:47 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

security-help-microsoft.com phishing campaign detected

The domain security-help-microsoft.com is currently flagged as an active generic phishing infrastructure. Analysis shows the site returns an HTTP 301 redirect, indicating it forwards requests to another location, a common technique for credential‑harvesting operations. VirusTotal reports that three of ninety‑one security vendors have flagged the domain, providing limited but concrete malware‑or‑spam detection evidence. The domain is listed on three public security blocklists and is explicitly blocked by PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, reinforcing its classification as high‑risk. The threat‑intel record lists the status as still active and assigns a high risk level, suggesting ongoing malicious use. No information about the underlying hosting provider, geographic location, or the exact content of the redirected page is available at this time, leaving the specifics of the phishing lure uncertain. Defenders should immediately block security-help-microsoft.com at perimeter and endpoint layers, add it to internal deny‑lists, and monitor DNS logs for any resolution attempts. Continuous re‑scanning with multi‑vendor tools is recommended to capture any changes in detection status, and analysts should seek to retrieve the final landing page to confirm the credential‑collection vector.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      5d7ac55a062bf9c164023e410e54b40e69c2c847ae370b70fc8f4b52c7732c8d

## 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/security-help-microsoft.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=security-help-microsoft.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

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