startxyz[.]ghost[.]io

The domain startxyz.ghost.io is currently classified as a high‑risk generic phishing site. It was registered on February 21 2026 and remains active as of the report date, July 12 2026. The domain resolves to the IPv6 address 2a04:4e42::775 and is served from a network owned by AS54113 Fastly, Inc., located in the United States.

DNS resolution is handled by the Cloudflare nameservers woz.ns.cloudflare.com and sara.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating the use of Cloudflare’s DNS infrastructure. The web server stack reports Varnish, Nginx and OpenResty, while the TLS certificate is issued by Let’s Encrypt (R12), suggesting a publicly‑available certificate without bespoke validation.

Automated analysis shows the site returns an HTTP 301 redirect and presents the page title “Site unavailable”. The Gridinsoft trust score is 0 out of 100, and eight out of ninety‑five VirusTotal scanners have flagged the domain as malicious. The domain is listed on a single public blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy service.

Given the combination of recent registration, low trust score, multiple vendor detections, and active blocking by anti‑phishing feeds, defenders should treat traffic to startxyz.ghost.io as malicious. Recommended actions include adding the domain to network deny lists, monitoring DNS queries for the IPv6 address, and ensuring that email filters reject any messages containing links to this host. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as further indicators may emerge.