smtps[.]goteal[.]io

On July 25, 2026, the domain smtps.goteal.io was identified as an elevated‑risk generic phishing site that has been taken offline. The domain was registered through GoDaddy.com, LLC on June 28, 2016 and currently resolves to the IPv4 address 52.44.87.47, which belongs to an Amazon Web Services EC2 instance in the us‑east‑1 region of the United States. DNS resolution is served by pdns03.domaincontrol.com and pdns04.domaincontrol.com, both operated by GoDaddy’s DNS infrastructure. The site presented an SSL certificate issued by Amazon, indicating use of AWS‑provided TLS termination.

Threat intelligence indicates that the domain appears on a single security blocklist and has been blocked by the PhishDestroy feed. VirusTotal analysis shows that 17 of 94 scanning engines flagged the domain as malicious, reinforcing the phishing classification. No additional public intelligence such as Safe Browsing or OTX entries were supplied, and the page title or any landing‑page content has not been disclosed, leaving the exact luring technique or targeted brand unconfirmed.

Given the observed infrastructure, defenders should continue to deny connections to 52.44.87.47, enforce DNS blocklists that include smtps.goteal.io, and monitor for any re‑registration of the domain or related subdomains. Additional investigation of the underlying AWS EC2 instance, including possible abuse of the Amazon‑issued certificate, may reveal further command‑and‑control or credential‑harvesting activity. Organizations that rely on email or web filtering should ensure that the domain is present in their phishing‑prevention lists to prevent future exposure.