# PhishDestroy threat dossier — stepupnwr.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-30 05:56:28 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/stepupnwr.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Microsoft ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 17/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot AlienVault OTX: 4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 40.91.108.115 (US, Quincy) ASN: AS8075 Microsoft Corporation Hosting org: Microsoft Azure Cloud (westus2) Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ["ns911b.microsoftinternetsafety.net", "ns911a.microsoftinternetsafety.net"] Page title: This website domain has been seized by Microsoft HTTP response: 302 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Microsoft Corporation / Microsoft TLS G2 RSA CA OCSP 04 Expires: 2026-10-12 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 47cf9d52720eb8cb1e973f7b0172ae325cb45aaff2c29221b976968b02f882e6 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - aardvarkw.live - absoulpushx.life - aeneasq.live - aiupdatesd.live - ammoanaly.live - animalantpics.live - antikidi.live - antilcvope.live - appgridn.live - axionexv.life - bardsyies.live - battlewlds.live - bearjk.live - bisonq.live - bitteam.info ... +135 more ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-28 11:13:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-30 06:40:42 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-28 11:14:32 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] stepupnwr.live — Generic Phishing Investigation The domain stepupnwr.live is currently active and has been identified as a generic phishing site. Registration data shows the domain was acquired through MarkMonitor Inc., a registrar commonly associated with legitimate brand protection services. The authoritative name servers are ns911a.microsoftinternetsafety.net and ns911b.microsoftinternetsafety.net, which are hosted on infrastructure frequently used by compromised or malicious actors to lend an appearance of legitimacy. A scan on VirusTotal returned 17 positive detections out of 91 security vendors, indicating that multiple reputable engines have observed malicious characteristics associated with the domain. The HTTP response code for the root URL is a 302 redirect, a pattern often employed to forward victims to credential‑harvesting pages or to obscure the final landing location. The domain is listed on one public security blocklist and is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy filtering service, confirming that at least some defensive platforms have incorporated it into their threat feeds. Analysis indicates that while the registration details and name‑server configuration are not inherently suspicious, the combination of multiple vendor detections, active blocklist presence, and redirection behavior elevates the risk profile. The specific phishing campaign details, such as targeted brand, page content, or the payload delivered after redirection, have not been disclosed in the current intelligence set and remain unknown. Consequently, defenders should treat any traffic to stepupnwr.live as hostile. Recommended mitigation steps include adding the domain to network and endpoint blocklists, configuring web gateways to deny HTTP 302 redirects to this host, and monitoring for any outbound connections originating from internal assets that resolve to the domain’s IP space. Continuous re‑scanning with multi‑engine services is advised to capture any evolution in the threat’s tactics or infrastructure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 47cf9d52720eb8cb1e973f7b0172ae325cb45aaff2c29221b976968b02f882e6 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/stepupnwr.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=stepupnwr.live 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 195,581 domains (93,406 alive under monitoring, 99,913 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io