# PhishDestroy threat dossier — tw-auth.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-07 02:44:22 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tw-auth.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/92 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.206.202 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Realtime Register B.V. Nameservers: brianna.ns.cloudflare.com, vick.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-03-06 Page title: Trust HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-02 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b7fc126ce7e3efb5cfee984b20b8c8b5244033d06d603b8df15c9604270f2a23 ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-03-06 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-07 15:16:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-07 12:17:00 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-02 17:20:40 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 17:31:39 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e025d-2fde-76e9-80e5-d4cd706b2625/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/1f1abbf6-e6d8-4a7d-b1f5-107a587f8674 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/tw-auth.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.tw-auth.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=tw-auth.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/tw-auth.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/tw-auth.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-05-07 15:16:58 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies tw-auth.com as a newly registered generic phishing domain designed to impersonate Twitter authentication services. The domain leverages a homograph-style string that closely mimics the official 'twitter.com' or 'auth.twitter.com' branding, specifically targeting users expecting legitimate login prompts. No evidence of a custom drainer kit has been observed in this campaign; instead, the threat relies on social engineering to trick victims into submitting credentials on a spoofed login interface hosted on this domain. The absence of detections on VirusTotal suggests this is either a very recent deployment or an adversary operating under the radar to avoid early detection mechanisms. This domain was flagged by PhishDestroy with the following technical indicators: registered through Realtime Register B.V., resolves to IP 172.67.206.202, and holds a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. The domain was created on March 06, 2026, and currently shows 0/95 detections on VirusTotal. It remains unlisted on Google Safe Browsing (GSB) and has not yet been added to major blocklists. These indicators suggest a low-profile but active campaign with minimal prior exposure in threat intelligence feeds. The domain is currently active and poses an immediate credential harvesting risk to unsuspecting users. As of this assessment, PhishDestroy has flagged tw-auth.com as an active phishing host with a status of 'under_investigation'. Immediate response actions include blocking the domain at DNS and network levels, reporting the domain to hosting providers and registrars, and advising users to avoid entering any login credentials on pages linked from this domain. The remaining risk is classified as high due to the domain's youth and lack of widespread detection, indicating potential for rapid expansion in phishing campaigns targeting social media authentication flows. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 6/92 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260507-4B1464 Favicon MD5: 7057f7b988a911ccaf232b947bde83cd TLS cert SHA-256: b7fc126ce7e3efb5cfee984b20b8c8b5244033d06d603b8df15c9604270f2a23 ## 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/tw-auth.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=tw-auth.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: 157,760 domains (42,528 alive under monitoring, 114,263 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io