# PhishDestroy threat dossier — umihairbraids.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-04 18:41:33 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/umihairbraids.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island)
ASN:             AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE
Hosting org:     MIT
Registrar:       TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown
Nameservers:     dns1.lytehosting.com, dns2.lytehosting.com, dns3.lytehosting.com, dns4.lytehosting.com
Registered:      2026-03-05
Expires:         2027-03-05
Page title:      Umi Hair Braids – Hair Salon in Queens

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-08-03
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 5719890a467b6919296871364966e8d2c81e9372a721adf0df2c4fce94955169

## 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: 2026-03-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-01 04:12:49 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-01 02:51:33 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-04 20:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-01 12:02:52 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/019f1b72-1075-72dc-9a4e-88892c3d4892/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/41a3d1b1-44af-4342-b9e2-28f44a32cab2
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/umihairbraids.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.umihairbraids.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=umihairbraids.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/umihairbraids.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/umihairbraids.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-01 04:16:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain operates as a credential theft site impersonating a legitimate hair salon in Queens, NY. The fraudulent page mimics a booking portal for Umi Hair Braids, designed to harvest login credentials, payment details, or personal information from victims attempting to schedule appointments. Analysis of the page structure reveals input fields for names, contact details, and service selections, which are atypical for a static business landing page and indicative of data collection for malicious purposes.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on March 05, 2026, through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown, a registrar frequently associated with newly created fraudulent sites. As of the latest scan, the domain has 0/95 detections on VirusTotal, suggesting it has not yet been widely flagged by security vendors. It resolves to IP address 163.61.188.7 and uses a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which provides a false sense of legitimacy. The Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100 further corroborates the high-risk nature of this domain.  Users who have visited umihairbraids.com or entered any information on the site should immediately cease all interaction. Those who submitted credentials should change passwords for any accounts using the same or similar login details, particularly for financial services or email accounts. Monitor financial statements for unauthorized transactions and enable multi-factor authentication where available. Security teams should block the domain and its resolving IP (163.61.188.7) at the network level to prevent further access. Report the domain to relevant threat intelligence platforms to aid in broader detection efforts.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260701-4E52F0
Favicon MD5:       ae23c1b4749f2cdadce76c4852fdfb91
TLS cert SHA-256:      5719890a467b6919296871364966e8d2c81e9372a721adf0df2c4fce94955169

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/umihairbraids.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=umihairbraids.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

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