# PhishDestroy threat dossier — welcome-hold-up-web.square.site ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-15 19:06:31 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/welcome-hold-up-web.square.site/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 17/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, Netcraft, OpenPhish, Sophos, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 74.115.51.5 (US, Oakland) ASN: AS27647 Weebly, Inc. Hosting org: Weebly, Inc. Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Nameservers: ns-1248.awsdns-28.org, ns-1816.awsdns-35.co.uk, ns-311.awsdns-38.com, ns-810.awsdns-37.net Registered: 2019-02-05 Expires: 2031-02-05 Page title: Uphold Login | Secure Access to Your Uphold Account ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE2 Expires: 2026-10-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 2409b45b254819793d9c558542323d21d5340f0e444a50a275a3462d6fbe7ef0 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - square.site ## 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: 2019-02-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-12 14:19:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-15 20:20:44 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f5644-5f45-735a-9e3c-4bca808ba68e/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/welcome-hold-up-web.square.site crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.welcome-hold-up-web.square.site Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=welcome-hold-up-web.square.site AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/welcome-hold-up-web.square.site URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/welcome-hold-up-web.square.site/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-12 17:18:41 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Analysis confirms that welcome-hold-up-web.square.site is being used as a high‑risk generic phishing vector. The site remains active and is currently listed on multiple phishing feed aggregators, including PhishDestroy and OpenPhish, indicating ongoing malicious intent. Infrastructure analysis shows the domain resolves to IP 74.115.51.5, an address owned by a US‑based web‑hosting provider known for Weebly services. The name servers are hosted on Amazon DNS (ns-1248.awsdns-28.org, ns-1816.awsdns-35.co.uk, ns-311.awsdns-38.com, ns-810.awsdns). The site presents a TLS certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt (identifier YE2) and enforces HSTS, suggesting a legitimate‑looking security posture. The front‑end stack includes Vue.js, while the back‑end leverages PHP, MySQL, and a reCAPTCHA widget, all typical of modern web applications but also convenient for credential‑harvesting pages. Threat intelligence records indicate the domain was registered on 5 February 2019 through a registrar associated with MarkMonitor. VirusTotal scans have returned 14 detections out of 95 vendors, and Google Safe Browsing flags the URL under the SOCIAL_ENGINEERING category. The domain appears on two additional blocklists, reinforcing the consensus that it is being used to lure victims. No further evidence has been disclosed regarding the specific luring campaign or targeted brands. Defenders should immediately add welcome-hold-up-web.square.site to URL filtering policies and block outbound connections to its resolving IP address. Continuous monitoring of the associated name servers and any newly resolved IPs is advised, as the host may shift infrastructure. Organizations should also educate users about the likelihood of credential‑stealing pages that mimic legitimate services, given the presence of reCAPTCHA and a valid TLS certificate that can lower suspicion. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: d810985ef4dc1c0bd5811e36d13c8ca3 TLS cert SHA-256: 2409b45b254819793d9c558542323d21d5340f0e444a50a275a3462d6fbe7ef0 ## 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/welcome-hold-up-web.square.site/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=welcome-hold-up-web.square.site 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: 179,202 domains (50,732 alive under monitoring, 128,470 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io