# PhishDestroy threat dossier — startexo.site ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-25 08:48:33 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/startexo.site/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 63/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.141.177 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: angela.ns.cloudflare.com, rayden.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-14 Expires: 2027-05-14 HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-08-12 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2607cc8e79971d0c4aca1d47e7f64b96acb4953ce1c6ed246c7746e05c69d124 ## 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: 2026-05-14 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-24 10:56:22 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-24 08:57:12 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-25 08:20:45 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-24 12:02:47 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ef8d7-956e-7434-9a6b-9eab269e8954/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/474c587f-a527-4836-9d21-a63b4ae2b924 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/startexo.site crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.startexo.site Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=startexo.site AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/startexo.site URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/startexo.site/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-24 15:05:02 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain startexo.site, associated with a high threat score of 70/100, presents itself as a generic phishing operation. The site is currently down, indicating it may have been taken down following detection efforts. VirusTotal shows no detections from 95 security vendors, and it is listed on one public blocklist, while Google Safe Browsing has not flagged it. Registered with PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com, the domain was created on May 14, 2026, and first detected on June 24, 2026. The hosting IP is 172.67.141.177. The absence of malicious flags from vendors suggests it may not have been processed yet, but the existing blocklist entry indicates prior recognition of its threat. Block the domain at the perimeter and submit it to the registrar abuse desk for further investigation. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 5/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260624-2BEC1B TLS cert SHA-256: 2607cc8e79971d0c4aca1d47e7f64b96acb4953ce1c6ed246c7746e05c69d124 ## 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/startexo.site/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=startexo.site 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: 169,794 domains (15,646 alive under monitoring, 153,792 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io