# PhishDestroy threat dossier — winupdate.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-18 08:38:47 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/winupdate.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 82/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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, LevelBlue, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Viettel Threat Intelligence, VIPRE URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 5 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2025-11-29 Expires: 2026-11-29 Page title: Login ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 3ad53f87c0cffb72a52b69d98e6b28931b110b1d770a83dcc9641cd5cac17d09 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - winupdate.ink - winupdatelnk.ink ## 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: 2025-11-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-18 07:38:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-18 05:39:10 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-18 09:00:04 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f73ba-b81a-76f0-b9e0-7850854ea087/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/04424818-86f7-4519-9a66-3959059e674e Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/winupdate.live crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.winupdate.live Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=winupdate.live AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/winupdate.live URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/winupdate.live/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-18 07:40:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] winupdate.live credential phishing – high risk This domain, winupdate.live, is currently active and classified as a credential phishing campaign with a high risk rating. The domain was registered on 29 November 2025 through NameCheap, Inc. and uses the authoritative name servers dns1.registrar-servers.com and dns2.registrar-servers.com. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 162.254.37.217. Open source intelligence from AlienVault OTX indicates the domain has been referenced in five separate threat‑intelligence pulses, suggesting that it has been observed by multiple analysts. Scanning on VirusTotal shows that 20 of 91 security vendors have flagged the domain as malicious, reinforcing the suspicion of phishing activity. The available data confirms the domain’s operational status but provides no additional detail on the hosting environment, associated certificate information, or the specific payload delivered to victims. Consequently, defenders should treat any traffic to winupdate.live as potentially hostile. Recommended mitigations include adding the domain to block lists at network perimeter devices, configuring endpoint security solutions to monitor DNS queries for the listed IP address, and employing email filtering rules to detect messages that reference the domain. Continuous monitoring of OTX updates and VirusTotal re‑scans is advised to capture any changes in detection rates or new intelligence. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 20/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260718-122EBC TLS cert SHA-256: 3ad53f87c0cffb72a52b69d98e6b28931b110b1d770a83dcc9641cd5cac17d09 ## 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/winupdate.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=winupdate.live 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: 179,947 domains (51,354 alive under monitoring, 128,593 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io