# PhishDestroy threat dossier — synovusgatway.co.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 12:27:17 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/synovusgatway.co.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 79/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft, PhishFort Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.157.247 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Moniker Online Services LLC Nameservers: ["ns1.nic.co.com", "ns2.nic.co.com", "ns3.nic.co.com", "ns4.nic.co.com"] Page title: Just a moment... ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-07-12 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2d5dc2a4b6af2d94ea4e830ac9aff600c9af2b9daae3f33c0e4c91c831942de7 ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-05-29 21:28:32 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-29 21:26:36 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-02 12:20:39 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 17:29:32 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e74fc-2bff-73f9-b55b-53d4dce2f147/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/synovusgatway.co.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.synovusgatway.co.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=synovusgatway.co.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/synovusgatway.co.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/synovusgatway.co.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-26 04:10:41 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain synovusgatway.co.com has been identified as a phishing infrastructure impersonating Synovus Bank, a regional financial institution. Analysis indicates this domain is designed to harvest login credentials through a fraudulent banking portal. As of the latest assessment, the domain is offline, though it remains a documented threat in security repositories. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was flagged by 3 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating a confirmed malicious classification. It is registered through Moniker Online Services LLC, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. The domain resolves to the IP address 172.67.157.247, which is part of a content delivery network known for obfuscating threat origins. Additional technical indicators include a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100, presence on one security blocklist, and an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. The page title, 'Just a moment...,' is consistent with intermediary loading pages used to evade detection before redirecting victims to the final phishing payload. Current status confirms the domain has been taken offline, likely due to enforcement actions or infrastructure changes by the threat actor. However, the risk remains elevated due to the domain's prior use in credential harvesting operations. Organizations and individuals are advised to block the domain and associated IP at the network perimeter, monitor for residual DNS queries, and conduct retrospective analysis of logs for connections to 172.67.157.247. Financial institutions should alert customers to verify domain authenticity before entering credentials and implement multi-factor authentication to mitigate the impact of potential credential theft. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 3/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 37db38d5995f4f872888a1ab9783edc5 TLS cert SHA-256: 2d5dc2a4b6af2d94ea4e830ac9aff600c9af2b9daae3f33c0e4c91c831942de7 ## 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/synovusgatway.co.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=synovusgatway.co.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: 173,585 domains (14,100 alive under monitoring, 158,779 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io