# PhishDestroy threat dossier — startwelcome.ghost.io
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Fetched:   2026-07-01 13:52:39 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/startwelcome.ghost.io/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 90/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Trezor

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: CRDF, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      151.101.3.7 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS54113 FASTLY, US
Hosting org:     AS54113 Fastly, Inc.
Registrar:       Ghost
Nameservers:     ["ghost.map.fastly.net"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Trezor™ Suite — Official Desktop & Web App for Hardware Wallets™
HTTP response:   402

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-05-21
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 015fe124633494e0f12ca559184431eeb45d2255ce555210b9828d080fa2d649
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - ghost.io

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:23:16 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:23:16 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-01 12:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-15 12:06:51 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/019beb1c-5566-7228-9f12-803e296459d6/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/startwelcome.ghost.io
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.startwelcome.ghost.io
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=startwelcome.ghost.io
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/startwelcome.ghost.io
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/startwelcome.ghost.io/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 17:56:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain startwelcome.ghost.io has been identified as a brand impersonation threat, specifically targeting Trezor, with no known crypto drainer kit involved. This domain was flagged due to its attempts to mimic the legitimate Trezor brand, posing a significant risk to users. 
   
   The technical indicators for this domain reveal a VT score of 2/95, indicating that only a couple of security vendors have flagged it, while the majority have not, it was registered through Ghost, resolves to the IP address 151.101.3.7, and was created on February 21, 2026, it also appears on 1 security blocklist and has a Let's Encrypt / R12 SSL certificate. 
   
   Currently, the domain startwelcome.ghost.io is offline, having been taken down, which has mitigated the immediate risk, however, users are still advised to exercise caution and verify the authenticity of any Trezor-related websites they visit, to avoid falling prey to similar impersonation attempts, and PhishDestroy recommends vigilance in identifying such threats

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      015fe124633494e0f12ca559184431eeb45d2255ce555210b9828d080fa2d649

## 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/startwelcome.ghost.io/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=startwelcome.ghost.io
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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