# PhishDestroy threat dossier — winupdate.ink
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Fetched:   2026-07-18 08:39:37 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/winupdate.ink/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 82/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      20/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, ArcSight Threat Intelligence, BitDefender, Certego, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Dr.Web, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence, VIPRE
URLQuery:        2 detections
AlienVault OTX:  4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      162.254.37.217 (US, Los Angeles)
ASN:             AS22612 Namecheap, Inc.
Hosting org:     Namecheap, Inc.
Registrar:       NAMECHEAP INC
Nameservers:     dns1.registrar-servers.com, dns2.registrar-servers.com
Registered:      2026-05-19
Expires:         2027-05-19
Page title:      Login

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR2
Expires:    2026-09-24
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 3ad53f87c0cffb72a52b69d98e6b28931b110b1d770a83dcc9641cd5cac17d09
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - winupdate.live
  - winupdatelnk.ink

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-05-19 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-18 07:34:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-18 05:34:53 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-18 09:00:04 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f73b6-4b6b-772d-9879-dcc7a81aec28/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/52699d43-2425-4240-9944-aae195345f38
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/winupdate.ink
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.winupdate.ink
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=winupdate.ink
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/winupdate.ink
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/winupdate.ink/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-18 07:40:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

winupdate.ink: Confirmed Credential Phishing Site

winupdate.ink was registered through Namecheap Inc on 19 May 2026 and uses the registrar‑servers.com name servers (dns1.registrar-servers.com, dns2.registrar-servers.com). The domain resolves to the IPv4 address 162.254.37.217. VirusTotal analysis shows that 20 of 91 security vendors flag the domain as malicious, consistent with its classification as a credential‑phishing site. Current monitoring indicates the domain remains active. No page content, login page, or targeted brand information has been publicly disclosed, so the exact phishing lure and credential‑capture mechanism are not yet known. The infrastructure is simple, consisting of a single A record pointing to the observed IP, which suggests a low‑complexity hosting setup. Defenders should block DNS resolution for winupdate.ink, add the domain and its IP to outbound and inbound filtering rules, and incorporate the indicator into threat‑intel feeds. Continuous DNS and traffic monitoring is advised to detect any shift in hosting or additional sub‑domains.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 20/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260718-6415AA
TLS cert SHA-256:      3ad53f87c0cffb72a52b69d98e6b28931b110b1d770a83dcc9641cd5cac17d09

## 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/winupdate.ink/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=winupdate.ink
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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