# PhishDestroy threat dossier — starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 09:49:59 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 81/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Ledger

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: CRDF

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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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)
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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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Domain registered: 2026-04-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-04 23:50:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 06:05:21 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-05 10:27:21 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019d5a41-17bd-762d-b53e-496d4736c028/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-04 23:51:13 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com as a live phishing domain mimicking the legitimate Ledger hardware wallet platform. This site is specifically engineered to harvest seed phrases and private keys under the guise of a ‘wallet recovery’ portal. Users who input credentials risk immediate asset theft; Ledger does not host wallet login pages on wixstudio.com subdomains. The domain is categorized under active generic phishing and remains under investigation by security teams.  This domain was flagged with zero detections out of 95 VirusTotal engines, resolving to IP 34.144.206.118 and secured via a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate. The wixstudio.com platform is the hosting provider, while creation and blocklist data remain unverified due to the recent and active status. Trust scores are pending due to the domain’s infancy and low detection rate, a common trait in fast-changing phishing campaigns targeting cryptocurrency users.  Mitigation requires immediate avoidance: never enter seed phrases, private keys, or recovery phrases into any site not hosted on ledger.com or its verified subdomains. Use hardware wallet verification for all transactions and cross-check URLs via Ledger’s official support pages. Report this domain to your antivirus provider and browser vendor using the seed e81ef8 to aid rapid takedown. Block the IP 34.144.206.118 at the network level if possible. Educate users to verify SSL certificates and domain spelling before entering sensitive data.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       9dae2d380288ac898efffb0f06444e23

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/starts-ledeger-com.wixstudio.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=starts-ledeger-com.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

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