# PhishDestroy threat dossier — user.datastartgateway.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-28 18:50:59 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/user.datastartgateway.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 90/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/91 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.159.186 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Nameservers:     aaden.ns.cloudflare.com, treasure.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-03-12
Expires:         2027-03-12
Page title:      Sign in · Client Area

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-08-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: eedc4f39d5144bae038c515101d697704b01aa7e3986addaf510e2f6c30032fb
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - datastartgateway.com

## 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: 2026-03-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-22 19:13:15 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-22 17:25:06 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-28 20:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-23 00:01:45 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/019ef050-95b6-723d-bcc5-f142ae0057fb/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/14b424fa-ec71-4693-b34c-8f4140ddd54f
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/user.datastartgateway.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.user.datastartgateway.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=user.datastartgateway.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/user.datastartgateway.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/user.datastartgateway.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-22 22:58:45 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The phishing domain user.datastartgateway.com is currently active and exploits the early detection gap, with 0 VirusTotal detections. This domain is already on 3 public blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, indicating its malicious nature. Despite its absence from antivirus feeds, its presence on these blocklists highlights the threat it poses.

Registered with PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com, the domain is hosted on a Cloudflare IP in the US. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt, a common choice for malicious actors due to its ease of access. The page title "Client Area" suggests an attempt to imitate legitimate login portals, potentially targeting users to steal credentials or sensitive information.

PhishDestroy's early detection pipeline identifies threats like user.datastartgateway.com before they appear in antivirus databases. This domain, created on March 12, 2026, was detected by PhishDestroy on June 22, 2026, within the critical window before widespread AV propagation. This proactive identification allows for timely mitigation and blocklist updates, reducing the risk of successful phishing attacks.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260622-64EB81
TLS cert SHA-256:      eedc4f39d5144bae038c515101d697704b01aa7e3986addaf510e2f6c30032fb

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