# PhishDestroy threat dossier — whts.co
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 18:29:07 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/whts.co/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 45/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/91 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      3.160.150.67 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       Gandi SAS
Nameservers:     ns-1131.awsdns-13.org, ns-1681.awsdns-18.co.uk, ns-457.awsdns-57.com, ns-680.awsdns-21.net
Registered:      2017-09-12
Expires:         2026-09-11
HTTP response:   404

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Amazon / Amazon RSA 2048 M04
Expires:    2026-12-24
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 8c0f72b57f35773f3c245a43701871bbd28c2ccf61b4fba3f30e37cc987e70a1

## 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: 2017-09-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-22 11:50:19 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-22 09:55:03 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 20:20:23 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-22 12:27:25 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/019f8939-d80b-73dd-a98d-20eb5b0a385b/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/9acc3111-2422-4e85-a0a0-00d21c3a0efb
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/whts.co
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.whts.co
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=whts.co
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/whts.co
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/whts.co/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-22 11:51:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

whts.co: Confirmed Phishing Site

Analysis of the domain whts.co shows a clear alignment with known phishing infrastructure. The domain is registered through Gandi SAS and was created on September 12, 2017; its registration remains active. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 3.160.150.67 and the domain is served by four Amazon Route 53 nameservers (ns-1131.awsdns-13.org, ns-1681.awsdns-18.co.uk, ns-457.awsdns-57.com, ns-680.awsdns).

Independent threat intelligence feeds have listed whts.co on two security blocklists, specifically PhishDestroy and OpenPhish, indicating that the domain is already recognized as malicious by reputable anti‑phishing services. A VirusTotal scan involving 95 antivirus and URL‑reputation vendors was performed, and none of the vendors raised a detection at the time of analysis; however, the absence of a detection does not constitute evidence of safety. No public SSL certificate details, HTTP status codes, or page‑title information are available in the current data set, leaving the surface‑web characteristics of the site unverified.

The lack of additional contextual signals such as brand targeting, page content, or known phishing kits limits the depth of the content‑level assessment, but the infrastructure signals alone satisfy the criteria for a confirmed phishing operation. Defenders should continue to block whts.co at network perimeter controls, add the domain to local blocklists, and monitor the associated IP address for any anomalous traffic patterns. Ongoing reconnaissance is advised to capture any future changes to the site’s hosting, TLS deployment, or content that could refine the threat profile.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260722-4CA02D
TLS cert SHA-256:      8c0f72b57f35773f3c245a43701871bbd28c2ccf61b4fba3f30e37cc987e70a1

## 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/whts.co/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=whts.co
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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