# PhishDestroy threat dossier — text-payment-esl-org.lat ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-08 14:53:42 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/text-payment-esl-org.lat/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 83/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 12/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Kaspersky, Netcraft, OpenPhish, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.225.143.75 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS54913 Kamatera, Inc. Hosting org: Cloud Web Manage Registrar: Porkbun LLC Nameservers: curitiba.ns.porkbun.com, fortaleza.ns.porkbun.com, maceio.ns.porkbun.com, salvador.ns.porkbun.com Registered: 2026-07-08 Expires: 2027-07-08 Page title: ESL Federal Credit Union - Log in HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-07-08 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-08 14:33:37 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-08 16:25:12 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f41b6-935f-7119-9106-277e4917431f/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/text-payment-esl-org.lat crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.text-payment-esl-org.lat Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=text-payment-esl-org.lat AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/text-payment-esl-org.lat URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/text-payment-esl-org.lat/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-08 14:59:31 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as a high-risk credential phishing site specifically designed to impersonate ESL Federal Credit Union. Analysis indicates the threat type is targeted phishing, where attackers mimic legitimate financial institution login pages to harvest user credentials, such as usernames, passwords, and multifactor authentication codes. The domain presents an immediate risk to individuals and organizations associated with ESL Federal Credit Union, as successful compromise could lead to unauthorized account access, financial fraud, or further lateral movement in targeted networks. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple technical indicators supporting the phishing classification. The domain text-payment-esl-org.lat resolves to the IP address 104.225.143.75 and was registered on July 08, 2026, through Porkbun LLC, an unusually future-dated creation that may indicate domain spoofing or registry manipulation. VirusTotal reports 7 out of 95 security vendors have detected this domain as malicious, while Google Safe Browsing explicitly flags it under the SOCIAL_ENGINEERING category. The SSL certificate is issued for text-payment-esl-org.lat, which, while encrypted, does not validate legitimacy, as phishing sites frequently use valid certificates to appear trustworthy. The page title, ESL Federal Credit Union - Log in, further confirms the intent to deceive users into believing they are accessing the legitimate financial institution. Mitigation steps must focus on both technical and user-level defenses to combat this credential phishing threat. Organizations should immediately block the domain text-payment-esl-org.lat and its resolving IP 104.225.143.75 at the network perimeter, including firewalls, DNS filters, and web proxies. Security teams should also monitor for any internal traffic to this domain or IP, as it may indicate prior compromise. End users should be alerted via security awareness training to recognize phishing indicators, such as unusual domain structures (e.g., .lat TLD instead of .com), mismatched URLs, and unsolicited login prompts. Financial institutions and affected organizations are advised to enforce multifactor authentication and implement credential monitoring to detect unauthorized access attempts. If credentials have already been exposed, immediate password resets and account reviews are critical to prevent further exploitation. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 3cc5785be1e5c9462f29dfdb389acf10 ## 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/text-payment-esl-org.lat/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=text-payment-esl-org.lat 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: 176,190 domains (13,334 alive under monitoring, 161,869 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io