# PhishDestroy threat dossier — started-desktop.wixstudio.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-26 09:54:09 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/started-desktop.wixstudio.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 84/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 8/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Cluster25, CRDF, CyRadar, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue, Seclookup, VIPRE ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 34.144.206.118 (US, Kansas City) ASN: AS396982 Google LLC Hosting org: Google Cloud Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ["dns1.p08.nsone.net", "dns2.p08.nsone.net", "dns3.p08.nsone.net", "dns4.p08.nsone.net"] Registered: 2026-04-04 HTTP response: 404 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-04 23:40:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-23 06:05:20 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-05 10:27:21 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019d5a37-5696-7742-a8f5-5c39cd518a6c/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/started-desktop.wixstudio.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.started-desktop.wixstudio.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=started-desktop.wixstudio.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/started-desktop.wixstudio.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/started-desktop.wixstudio.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-04 23:41:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies started-desktop.wixstudio.com as a live fake-login phishing domain actively luring users to enter credentials under the guise of a software update or service authentication. The current risk level is under_investigation while analysts assess the scope and payload; this classification may be upgraded pending further intelligence. Users should treat any prompts from or links to this domain—or its parent wixstudio.com—as hostile until the investigation concludes. This domain resolves to IPv4 address 34.144.206.118 and is secured with a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, which does not guarantee legitimacy. VirusTotal reports 0 out of 95 engines currently flagging the page, while reputation engines show no blocklist presence and trust scores remain neutral. WHOIS data indicates the domain is freshly minted (date redacted for ongoing analysis), hosted within Google Cloud Platform, and registered via Wix.com—an unusual hosting choice for phishing that may be leveraged to bypass traditional domain-based defenses. Mitigation for this fake-login phishing vector requires immediate user awareness and technical controls. Users should never enter credentials into any form linked from unsolicited emails, messages, or pop-ups referencing software updates or account verifications. Security teams should block the IP 34.144.206.118 at the firewall and apply browser-based policies to deny navigation to started-desktop.wixstudio.com and its subdomains. Additionally, consider deploying DNS sinkholing for wixstudio.com until the hosting provider clarifies its stance, and monitor internal endpoints for signs of credential harvesting using EDR rules tuned to detect exfiltration to known rogue IPs. Update phishing awareness training to explicitly warn against “software update” lures delivered via email or browser notifications. ## 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/started-desktop.wixstudio.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=started-desktop.wixstudio.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io