kometastart[.]com

Analysis of the domain kometastart.com, observed on July 24, 2026, indicates that it was actively used for a generic phishing campaign before being taken offline. The domain was registered on June 5, 2025 through Web Commerce Communications Limited and is served by the Cloudflare nameservers joaquin.ns.cloudflare.com and maisie.ns.cloudflare.com. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 198.18.46.162, which is the sole hosting endpoint identified for the site. No TLS certificate was presented, confirming that the service operated without HTTPS protection.

The page title returned by the server is "kometastart01.com", suggesting a possible typo‑squatting or redirection tactic, though the content of the page has not been retrieved for further analysis. Threat intelligence sources have placed the domain on a single security blocklist and it is explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy service. VirusTotal reports that one out of ninety‑five scanning engines flagged the domain, providing additional corroboration of malicious intent. Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0 out of 100, reflecting the lowest confidence in the host’s legitimacy.

The current operational status is reported as offline, indicating that the phishing infrastructure has been dismantled or otherwise disabled. Defenders are advised to continue to enforce blocks on the IP address 198.18.46.162 and to add kometastart.com to internal deny lists. Monitoring of the associated Cloudflare nameservers for any re‑registration activity is recommended, as re‑use of the same infrastructure is a common pattern in phishing campaigns. Incident response teams should also consider reviewing any recent authentication attempts or credential submissions that may have involved the domain during its active period, and should treat any such data as compromised.