# vwsprofiles.co.za: South Africa's Recruitment Profile Platform | PhishDestroy Content language: English Canonical HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/ Machine-readable companion: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/llm.txt ## Summary PhishDestroy stores a threat-intelligence record for this domain. This document reports the latest stored fields; it is not a real-time guarantee of availability or safety. ## Stored observations - Listed by PhishDestroy: yes - Availability at last stored check: Last known active - First observed by PhishDestroy: 2026-11-10 17:05:03 UTC - Selected availability observation: 2026-11-10T17:05:03Z - Stored record updated: 2026-11-10 17:44:33 UTC - VirusTotal detections in the stored snapshot: 12/92 - Independent public blocklist matches in the stored snapshot: 0 - Google Safe Browsing stored result: checked_clean ## Stored infrastructure - Observed IP address: 188.114.96.3 - Registrar in stored WHOIS data: HOSTAFRICA - Last stored HTTP status: 200 (observed: 2026-11-10T17:05:03Z) - Registration date in stored WHOIS data: 2026-06-18 17:23:02 UTC ## Evidence links - URLScan report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1c669-be3b-74ce-9dcf-174723acc56a/ - VirusTotal domain view: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za - Certificate Transparency search: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vwsprofiles.co.za - Web Archive lookup: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://vwsprofiles.co.za/ ## Corrections - Appeal or correct this record: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ - Methodology and help: https://phishdestroy.io/faq ## Public report package PhishDestroy records the vwsprofiles.co.za homepage, a recruitment profile platform presenting pre-vetted professional talent for South African employers. The vwsprofiles.co.za homepage presents itself as "South Africa's Recruitment Profile Platform" with the headline "Connect with pre-vetted professional talent." The page states that VWS Profiles gives South African employers direct access to structured, professional candidate profiles, allowing them to browse talent, review qualifications, and make informed hiring decisions. A search field invites visitors to search by name, role, or location, alongside buttons to register as an employer, view pricing, and log in. The stored VirusTotal domain result reports 12 detections out of 92 engines. CRDF reported "malicious"; DNS8 reported "suspicious". Package revision: 64a5041ab48526acdf7c9d7c69edfc767a4b3506a80251e0b97488768c3372c0 Text generated (not scan time): 2026-11-10 18:39:18 Reviewed evidence snapshot: {"domain":"vwsprofiles.co.za","screenshot_available":true,"capture_contract":"verified-capture-20261102","plain_text_contract":1,"capture_context":{"submitted_host":"vwsprofiles.co.za","final_host":"vwsprofiles.co.za","redirects":[{"to":"https://vwsprofiles.co.za/","from":"http://vwsprofiles.co.za/","status":307}],"captured_at":"2026-11-10T17:03:11.945000Z","uuid":"01a1c669-be3b-74ce-9dcf-174723acc56a","report_url":"https://urlscan.io/result/01a1c669-be3b-74ce-9dcf-174723acc56a/","sha256":"13a40a95c5f8ccb338b7811e40ef8dc2c2e6cbdddc6d97efad03301cb1cf813b","relationship":"own_domain_page"},"redirect_text_policy":"explicit-redirect-v1","virustotal":{"scope":"domain","detections":12,"engines":92,"malicious":8,"suspicious":4,"analysis_date":"2026-11-05","retrieved_date":"2026-11-10","vendor_labels":{"CRDF":"malicious","DNS8":"suspicious","ESET":"suspicious","VIPRE":"malware","G-Data":"phishing","CyRadar":"phishing","Fortinet":"spam","SOCRadar":"phishing","Gridinsoft":"suspicious","BitDefender":"phishing","alphaMountain.ai":"phishing","Forcepoint ThreatSeeker":"phishing"},"flagging_vendors":["CRDF","DNS8","ESET","VIPRE","G-Data","CyRadar","Fortinet","SOCRadar","Gridinsoft","BitDefender","alphaMountain.ai","Forcepoint ThreatSeeker"]},"virustotal_public_summary":"The stored VirusTotal domain result reports 12 detections out of 92 engines. CRDF reported \"malicious\"; DNS8 reported \"suspicious\".","page_paragraph_target_characters":547} Source facts (timestamps as stored): {"record_id":1904184,"first_recorded_at":"2026-11-10 18:05:03","virustotal":{"source":"VirusTotal","scope":"unknown","result_state":"complete","numerator":12,"denominator":92,"malicious":8,"suspicious":4,"vendors":{"CRDF":"malicious","DNS8":"suspicious","ESET":"suspicious","VIPRE":"malware","G-Data":"phishing","CyRadar":"phishing","Fortinet":"spam","SOCRadar":"phishing","Gridinsoft":"suspicious","BitDefender":"phishing","alphaMountain.ai":"phishing","Forcepoint ThreatSeeker":"phishing"},"observed_at":"2026-11-05T05:29:20Z","checked_at":null,"fetched_at":"2026-11-10T17:35:53Z","time_basis":"UTC (provider ISO timestamps)","stored_summary":{"source":"VirusTotal","scope":"unknown","result_state":"observed","numerator":12,"denominator":92,"malicious":null,"suspicious":null,"vendors":["alphaMountain.ai","BitDefender","CRDF","CyRadar","DNS8","ESET","Forcepoint ThreatSeeker","Fortinet","G-Data","Gridinsoft","SOCRadar","VIPRE"],"observed_at":"2026-11-05 05:29:20","checked_at":"2026-11-10 18:35:53","fetched_at":"2026-11-10 17:35:53","time_basis":"as stored; legacy timezone not established"},"record_source":"phishdestroy.technologies.vt","vendor_labels":{"CRDF":"malicious","DNS8":"suspicious","ESET":"suspicious","VIPRE":"malware","G-Data":"phishing","CyRadar":"phishing","Fortinet":"spam","SOCRadar":"phishing","Gridinsoft":"suspicious","BitDefender":"phishing","alphaMountain.ai":"phishing","Forcepoint ThreatSeeker":"phishing"},"vendor_names":["CRDF","DNS8","ESET","VIPRE","G-Data","CyRadar","Fortinet","SOCRadar","Gridinsoft","BitDefender","alphaMountain.ai","Forcepoint ThreatSeeker"],"stats":{"timeout":0,"harmless":49,"malicious":8,"suspicious":4,"undetected":31}},"google_safe_browsing":{"source":"Google Safe Browsing","state":"checked_clean","verdict":0,"checked_at":"2026-11-10 18:36:26"},"spamhaus":{"source":"Spamhaus","verdict":null,"checked_at":null},"availability":{"state":"alive","label_key":"availability.active","detail_key":"detail.latest_reachability","params":[],"source":"current_http_probe","record_id":1904184,"scope":"checked_url","observed_at":"2026-11-10T17:05:03Z","http_status":200,"http_observed_at":"2026-11-10T17:05:03Z","stored_http_code":200,"stored_http_observed_at":"2026-11-10T17:05:03Z","legacy_site_status":"alive","supports_outcome_badge":false,"content_classification":"unknown","content_classification_at":null,"registration_state":"unknown","policy":"20261102-dated-availability-v2"}} ## Stored page captures - URLScan · 2026-11-10: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a1c669-be3b-74ce-9dcf-174723acc56a.png Captured: 2026-11-10 17:03:11 UTC Source report: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1c669-be3b-74ce-9dcf-174723acc56a/ SHA-256: 13a40a95c5f8ccb338b7811e40ef8dc2c2e6cbdddc6d97efad03301cb1cf813b - Cloudflare Radar: https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/cf/522a2149-07e9-4131-a3b6-e3625fbac18e.png Captured: 2026-11-10 17:36:53 UTC Source report: https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/522a2149-07e9-4131-a3b6-e3625fbac18e SHA-256: 6460af537ab5f9413ccef8bf97703b2ff72e25b46edb1d68670bb92f281f7788 ## Collected source observations Provider observations retain their own timestamps. Capture links do not establish image content. Shared infrastructure does not identify an operator. ```json { "urlscan": { "v": 1, "fetched_at": "2026-11-10T17:06:17Z", "uuid": "01a1c669-be3b-74ce-9dcf-174723acc56a", "scanned_at": "2026-11-10T17:03:11Z", "final_url": "https://vwsprofiles.co.za/", "status": 200, "redirected": "https-only", "redirects": [ { "to": "https://vwsprofiles.co.za/", "from": "http://vwsprofiles.co.za/", "status": 307 } ], "ip": "188.114.97.3", "domains": [ "fonts.bunny.net" ], "ips": [ "5.9.98.45", "188.114.97.3" ], "asns": [ "24940", "13335" ], "countries": [ "DE" ], "doc_hash": "7248177bb3527216f0b3282dc22f0b4b20e4dfa3c52231641cddb812426c8429", "script_hashes": [ "f0d3557302f9eba56acf6ee08eb53f2d49c2a8cf994a70708a2bcd8ab22676cf" ], "globals": [ "axios" ], "cookies": [ "XSRF-TOKEN", "vws_profiles_session" ], "tls": { "san": [ "vwsprofiles.co.za", "*.vwsprofiles.co.za" ], "cipher": "AES_128_GCM", "issuer": "WE1", "subject": "vwsprofiles.co.za", "protocol": "QUIC", "valid_to": "2027-01-13T09:57:45Z", "valid_from": "2026-10-15T08:59:30Z" }, "domain_age_days": 144, "apex_age_days": 144, "tls_age_days": 26, "tls_valid_days": 90, "requests": 11, "verdicts": { "engines": { "tags": [ "urlscan-ml", "urlscan-ml-2aab354" ], "score": 89, "malicious": true }, "overall": { "score": 0, "malicious": false } }, "headers": { "server": "cloudflare", "content-type": "text/html; charset=utf-8", "x-frame-options": "SAMEORIGIN", "x-content-type-options": "nosniff", "referrer-policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin", "permissions-policy": "camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=(), usb=(), interest-cohort=()", "priority": "u=0,i" } }, "cf": { "v": 1, "fetched_at": "2026-11-10T17:37:54Z", "uuid": "522a2149-07e9-4131-a3b6-e3625fbac18e", "scanned_at": "2026-11-10T17:36:53Z", "final_url": "https://vwsprofiles.co.za/", "status": 200, "history": [ { "url": "https://vwsprofiles.co.za/", "status": 200 } ], "dom_hash": "c885fa7525774d4326cf7ef504c7857b4519fe2dd384b52c6eaa6676937113b4", "doc_hash": "a91f0892355b9ecce25a17a2df23d5aa7686e429f732339fecc058590f42b38d", "domain_risks": [ "Malware", "Security threats", "CIPA Filter", "CIPA" ], "radar_rank": { "bucket": ">200000" }, "dns": [ { "name": "vwsprofiles.co.za", "type": "A", "value": "188.114.96.0" }, { "name": "vwsprofiles.co.za", "type": "A", "value": "188.114.97.0" }, { "name": "vwsprofiles.co.za", "type": "AAAA", "value": "2a06:98c1:3121::" }, { "name": "vwsprofiles.co.za", "type": "AAAA", "value": "2a06:98c1:3120::" } ], "dnssec_valid": false, "ip": "127.0.1.3", "verdict": { "tags": [ "malware" ], "malicious": true, "categories": [ "malware" ] }, "whois": { "registrar": "HOSTAFRICA", "created": "2026-06-18T19:23:02Z", "updated": "2026-06-19T07:05:33Z", "expires": "2027-06-18T19:23:02Z", "nameservers": [ "zelda.ns.cloudflare.com", "vasilii.ns.cloudflare.com" ] } }, "vt": { "v": 1, "fetched_at": "2026-11-10T17:35:53Z", "analysis_at": "2026-11-05T05:29:20Z", "stats": { "timeout": 0, "harmless": 49, "malicious": 8, "suspicious": 4, "undetected": 31 }, "detections": { "CRDF": "malicious", "DNS8": "suspicious", "ESET": "suspicious", "VIPRE": "malware", "G-Data": "phishing", "CyRadar": "phishing", "Fortinet": "spam", "SOCRadar": "phishing", "Gridinsoft": "suspicious", "BitDefender": "phishing", "alphaMountain.ai": "phishing", "Forcepoint ThreatSeeker": "phishing" }, "reputation": 0, "registrar": "HOSTAFRICA", "created": "2026-06-18T19:23:02Z", "expires": "2027-06-18T19:23:02Z", "updated": "2026-06-19T07:05:33Z", "first_seen": "2026-06-19T08:02:35Z", "dns": [ { "ttl": 300, "type": "A", "value": "172.67.218.163" }, { "ttl": 21600, "type": "NS", "value": "vasilii.ns.cloudflare.com" }, { "ttl": 21600, "type": "NS", "value": "zelda.ns.cloudflare.com" }, { "ttl": 300, "type": "AAAA", "value": "2606:4700:3035::6815:3e18" }, { "ttl": 600, "type": "TXT", "value": "v=spf1 include:zohomail.com include:zoho.com ~all" }, { "ttl": 600, "type": "MX", "value": "mx3.zoho.com", "priority": 50 }, { "ttl": 1800, "type": "SOA", "rname": "dns.cloudflare.com", "value": "vasilii.ns.cloudflare.com" }, { "ttl": 600, "type": "TXT", "value": "zoho-verification=zb89796882.zmverify.zoho.com" }, { "ttl": 600, "type": "MX", "value": "mx2.zoho.com", "priority": 20 }, { "ttl": 600, "type": "MX", "value": "mx.zoho.com", "priority": 10 }, { "ttl": 300, "type": "A", "value": "104.21.62.24" }, { "ttl": 300, "type": "AAAA", "value": "2606:4700:3037::ac43:daa3" } ], "dns_at": "2026-11-05T05:29:37Z", "jarm": "27d40d40d00040d1dc42d43d00041d6183ff1bfae51ebd88d70384363d525c", "cert": { "san": [ "vwsprofiles.co.za", "*.vwsprofiles.co.za" ], "issuer": "Google Trust Services / WE1", "serial": "75f4a80d2eaedd9d0ebaaa8fd3c3d474", "sha256": "c39d50506ded432edd976b8600befedeeedfb9664c53be90bc30b57dfcdd2bd3", "subject": "vwsprofiles.co.za", "valid_to": "2027-01-13T09:57:45Z", "valid_from": "2026-10-15T08:59:30Z", "observed_at": "2026-11-05T05:29:37Z" }, "whois": { "registrar": "HOSTAFRICA", "registrar_url": "https://www.hostafrica.co.za", "created": "2026-06-18T19:23:02Z", "updated": "2026-06-19T07:05:33Z", "expires": "2027-06-18T19:23:02Z", "status": [ "ok" ], "nameservers": [ "vasilii.ns.cloudflare.com", "zelda.ns.cloudflare.com" ], "dnssec": "unsigned" } }, "webcheck": { "v": 1, "fetched_at": "2026-11-10T17:07:55Z", "mail_config": { "mx": [ "mx2.zoho.com", "mx3.zoho.com", "mx.zoho.com" ], "spf": "v=spf1 include:zohomail.com include:zoho.com ~all", "dmarc": true, "providers": [ "Zoho Mail" ], "spf_lookups": 7 }, "block_lists": { "resolvers": 12, "blocked_by": [ "CloudFlare Family" ], "blocked_count": 1 }, "robots_txt": { "agents": [ "*", "Amazonbot", "Applebot-Extended", "Bytespider", "CCBot" ], "present": true }, "social_tags": { "title": "VWS Profiles — South African Professional Recruitment Platform", "description": "Browse pre-vetted professional candidate profiles across South Africa. VWS Profiles connects employers with qualified talent." }, "trackers": { "requests": 5, "trackers": [ { "name": "Bunny CDN", "company": "BunnyWay", "country": "SI", "category": "Hosting", "requests": 1 } ] }, "mixed_content": { "third_party_scripts": 0 }, "status": { "up": true, "code": 200, "timings": { "dns": 5, "tls": 33, "wait": 2922, "connect": 16, "download": 0 }, "response_ms": 2976 }, "tls_connection": { "alpn": "h2", "cipher": "TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384", "protocol": "TLSv1.3", "versions": [ "TLSv1", "TLSv1.1", "TLSv1.2", "TLSv1.3" ], "authorized": true, "forward_secrecy": true }, "ports": { "open": [ 80, 443, 8080 ] }, "carbon": { "bytes": 37167, "co2_grams": 0.0014, "cleaner_than": 43 }, "dns_server": { "ns": [ { "ip": "172.64.35.26", "host": "vasilii.ns.cloudflare.com" }, { "ip": "172.64.32.242", "host": "zelda.ns.cloudflare.com" } ], "zone": "vwsprofiles.co.za" }, "cookies": { "cookies": [ { "name": "XSRF-TOKEN", "secure": true, "same_site": "Lax" }, { "name": "vws_profiles_session", "secure": true, "http_only": true, "same_site": "Lax" } ] }, "location": { "ip": "2a06:98c1:3120::3", "asn": "13335", "org": "CloudFLARENET-EU", "city": "London", "country": "GB" }, "ssl": { "issuer": "Google Trust Services / WE1", "subject": "vwsprofiles.co.za" }, "dns": { "A": [ "188.114.96.3", "188.114.97.3" ], "MX": [ "{\"exchange\": \"mx3.zoho.com\", \"priority\": 50}", "{\"exchange\": \"mx.zoho.com\", \"priority\": 10}", "{\"exchange\": \"mx2.zoho.com\", \"priority\": 20}" ], "NS": [ "zelda.ns.cloudflare.com", "vasilii.ns.cloudflare.com" ], "SOA": "{\"nsname\": \"vasilii.ns.cloudflare.com\", \"hostmaster\": \"dns.cloudflare.com\", \"serial\": 2419718606, \"refresh\": 10000, \"retry\": 2400, \"expire\": 604800, \"minttl\": 1800}", "TXT": [ "zoho-verification=zb89796882.zmverify.zoho.com", "v=spf1 include:zohomail.com include:zoho.com ~all" ], "AAAA": [ "2a06:98c1:3121::3", "2a06:98c1:3120::3" ] }, "dnssec": { "ds": false, "rrsig": false, "dnskey": false }, "hsts": { "message": "Site does not serve any HSTS headers." }, "http_security": { "xFrameOptions": "SAMEORIGIN", "referrerPolicy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin", "xXSSProtection": "1; mode=block", "permissionsPolicy": "camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=(), usb=(), interest-cohort=()", "xContentTypeOptions": "nosniff", "contentSecurityPolicy": false, "strictTransportPolicy": false, "crossOriginOpenerPolicy": false, "crossOriginEmbedderPolicy": false, "crossOriginResourcePolicy": false }, "firewall": { "waf": "Cloudflare", "has_waf": true }, "get_ip": { "ip": "2a06:98c1:3120::3", "family": 6 }, "redirects": { "chain": [ "https://vwsprofiles.co.za" ] }, "subdomains": { "count": 1, "subdomains": [ "cdn.vwsprofiles.co.za" ] }, "linked_pages": { "internal_count": 12 }, "headers": { "headers": { "server": "cloudflare", "content-type": "text/html; charset=utf-8", "x-frame-options": "SAMEORIGIN", "x-content-type-options": "nosniff", "referrer-policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin", "permissions-policy": "camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=(), usb=(), interest-cohort=()" } } } } ``` Capture recorded with this analysis (source URL, capture time and stored hash): {"url":"https://screenshots.phishdestroy.io/us/01a1c669-be3b-74ce-9dcf-174723acc56a.png","source":"URLScan","report_url":"https://urlscan.io/result/01a1c669-be3b-74ce-9dcf-174723acc56a/","captured_at":"2026-11-10T17:03:11Z","sha256":"13a40a95c5f8ccb338b7811e40ef8dc2c2e6cbdddc6d97efad03301cb1cf813b","model_image_sha256":"5f26c0c96481a382234c5e85eae629cbe96c5cf595eeb57af3d1e92cafc732c6","available":true,"content_status":null} ## Complete dated records Availability observations: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/records.json?source=availability&format=json Source observation history: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/records.json?source=detections&format=json PhishStats records: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/records.json?source=phishstats&format=json Sent report records: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/records.json?source=sent_reports&format=json Report history: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/records.json?source=report_history&format=json Repeat report records: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/records.json?source=rereports&format=json Follow-up records: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/records.json?source=followups&format=json Content observations: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vwsprofiles.co.za/records.json?source=content&format=json ## Dated availability observation Latest stored reachability observation ```json { "state": "alive", "label_key": "availability.active", "detail_key": "detail.latest_reachability", "params": [], "source": "current_http_probe", "record_id": 1904184, "scope": "checked_url", "observed_at": "2026-11-10T17:05:03Z", "http_status": 200, "http_observed_at": "2026-11-10T17:05:03Z", "stored_http_code": 200, "stored_http_observed_at": "2026-11-10T17:05:03Z", "legacy_site_status": "alive", "supports_outcome_badge": false, "content_classification": "unknown", "content_classification_at": null, "registration_state": "unknown", "policy": "20261102-dated-availability-v2" } ```