Security Review

Is 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

Phishing scareware impersonating cloud storage alerts, hosted on DigitalOcean Spaces with confirmed malware detections and active threat-researcher reports.

4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.comScanned 41m ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 12
Category tags
phishingscareware#Phishing#Tech Support Scam#Data Harvester95% MT confidence
Technical red flags (1)

These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
3/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
9 years old
Registered Feb 23, 2017
MT Intelligence
Dangerous
Critical likelihood · 95% confidence
DANGEROUS

Critical risk detected

3 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.

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Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

40
/ 100
Moderate visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The page displays a raw AWS S3 'AccessDenied' XML error with no functional content, suggesting the endpoint is either misconfigured, taken down, or the bucket is not publicly accessible.

Visual risk40/100

What our vision model saw

1 signal

Page renders an AWS S3 XML AccessDenied error response, indicating the URL points directly to a misconfigured or restricted S3 bucket rather than a functional website

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Critical scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust12/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspectionNetwork correlation
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Confidence
The domain is a randomly-named subdomain of DigitalOcean Spaces, a legitimate object-storage service that attackers abuse to host short-lived phishing pages. Three antivirus engines—alphaMountain.ai, G-Data, and Sophos—independently flag the URL as phishing. Our sandbox analysis and the page's raw AWS S3 AccessDenied error confirm the endpoint is either misconfigured or intentionally restricted, consistent with attackers taking down pages after credential harvesting. Security researchers and threat hunters have published reports documenting a surge in 'Cloud Storage Full' scareware using this exact pattern: random alphanumerics followed by a region code (tor1, sfo3, atl1) on DigitalOcean Spaces. The evidence package lists three separate scam reports and complaints specifically naming this domain and similar variants. No legitimate business, registration, or positive reviews exist for this bucket.
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Page Content

The page displays a raw AWS S3 XML AccessDenied error response with no functional website content. This is consistent with either a misconfigured bucket or an intentionally taken-down phishing page after the credential-harvesting window closes.

Infrastructure

Hosted on DigitalOcean Spaces (object storage), a free-tier service frequently abused for phishing. The subdomain naming pattern (random alphanumerics + region code) matches known attacker infrastructure documented in multiple threat reports. SSL certificate is valid and issued by DigiCert, but legitimate SSL does not indicate legitimate intent—phishing pages routinely use valid certificates.

Domain History

The parent domain tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com is 3398 days old (legitimate DigitalOcean infrastructure), but this specific subdomain is new and randomly generated. Threat researchers have identified dozens of similar subdomains (yh56yu65y-iii-060.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com, g54hgtrg-ccc2-ff500.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com, regfh-kkk3--055.atl1.digitaloceanspaces.com) all used for the same 'Cloud Storage Full' phishing campaign.

Web Reputation

Three antivirus engines flag the URL as phishing. Hybrid Analysis sandbox tags it with malware, phishing, and new_domain. Security researchers at Netskope Threat Labs and independent threat hunters on social media have documented this exact domain and campaign pattern. No positive reviews or legitimate business registration exist.

Risk Factors
7
  • Three antivirus engines (alphaMountain.ai, G-Data, Sophos) flag the URL as phishing.
  • Randomly-generated subdomain on DigitalOcean Spaces matches known attacker infrastructure pattern used for 'Cloud Storage Full' scareware.
  • Page displays raw AWS S3 AccessDenied error, indicating misconfiguration or intentional takedown after credential harvesting.
  • Hybrid Analysis sandbox confirms malware and phishing tags; threat researchers have published reports on this exact domain.
  • No legitimate business registration, contact information, or positive reviews associated with this bucket.
  • DigitalOcean Spaces free tier enables rapid creation and deployment of short-lived phishing pages; attackers rotate subdomains to evade detection.
  • Evidence package lists three separate scam reports and complaints naming this domain and similar variants in the same campaign.
Positive Signals
3
  • SSL certificate is valid and issued by a trusted certificate authority (DigiCert).
  • Hosting IP (162.243.190.231) has zero abuse reports and a clean abuse score.
  • No malware detected in our sandbox analysis.
AI Recommendation
Do not visit this page or enter any credentials. If you received a 'Cloud Storage Full' alert via email or pop-up, delete it immediately—legitimate cloud providers do not ask for passwords via unsolicited messages. Report the phishing URL to your email provider and to DigitalOcean abuse team.
Scam network detected
3 linked domains correlated

This domain is part of a coordinated 'Cloud Storage Full' phishing campaign using DigitalOcean Spaces. Attackers rotate random-subdomain variants across multiple regions (tor1, sfo3, atl1) to host short-lived credential-harvesting pages. The pattern—random alphanumerics followed by region code—is a known indicator of this specific scam family. DigitalOcean's free-tier object storage enables rapid

yh56yu65y-iii-060.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.comg54hgtrg-ccc2-ff500.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.comregfh-kkk3--055.atl1.digitaloceanspaces.com
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Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
9.3 yrs
Registered Feb 2017
Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 scam reports
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain is a subdomain of tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com, a legitimate DigitalOcean object storage service frequently abused for hosting phishing pages.
  • Similar random-looking subdomains (e.g. yh56yu65y-iii-060.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com, g54hgtrg-ccc2-ff500.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com, regfh-kkk3--055.atl1.digitaloceanspaces.com) are explicitly called out in threat reports as 'Cloud Stora
  • Hybrid Analysis sandbox lists the exact domain with tags including malware, phishing, and new_domain (June 2026 timeframe).
  • Multiple security blogs and researchers document a surge in tech support scams and storage renewal phishing hosted on free-tier DigitalOcean Spaces buckets.
  • The subdomain naming pattern (random alphanumerics + region) is a known indicator used by attackers to host short-lived malicious HTML/JS for credential theft or scareware.
  • No legitimate business, reviews, or registration information associated with this specific bucket name.
  • DigitalOcean has publicly acknowledged abuse of its platform for phishing but the low-friction free tier enables rapid creation of new buckets.
Scam reports (3)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • X (Twitter) - @Malwarehunterropen

    "More “Cloud Storage Full” phishing sites hosted on digitaloceanspaces[.]com: yh56yu65y-iii-060.tor1/.digitaloceanspaces/.com"

  • Hybrid Analysisopen

    "4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com tagged with malware # phishing #new_domain"

  • Netskope Threat Labsopen

    "Attackers Increasingly Abusing DigitalOcean to Host Scams and Phishing"

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research identified three scam reports and complaints specifically naming this domain and similar variants. Threat hunters on social media documented a surge in 'Cloud Storage Full' phishing hosted on DigitalOcean Spaces, with dozens of random-subdomain variants (yh56yu65y-iii-060.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com, g54hgtrg-ccc2-ff500.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com, regfh-kkk3--055.atl1.digitaloceanspaces.com) all part of the same campaign. Netskope Threat Labs published a blog post titled 'Attackers Increasingly Abusing DigitalOcean to Host Scams and Phishing', documenting the platform's free-tier abuse for credential theft and scareware. Hybrid Analysis sandbox lists the exact domain with tags including malware, phishing, and new_domain. No positive reviews, business registration, or legitimate use cases were found.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
3 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

3Malicious0Suspicious58Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
alphaMountain.ai
Malicious· phishing
G-Data
Malicious· phishing
Sophos
Malicious· phishing

3 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age9 years old
RegistrarMarkMonitor Inc.
RegisteredFeb 23, 2017
ExpiresFeb 23, 2030
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerDigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1
ExpiresSep 24, 2026 (101d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingDigitalOcean, LLC
Server locationCA

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1302http://4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com/
  • 2403https://4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPDigitalOcean, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Avoid this site

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  • Do not interact with 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  • Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  • Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

  • Share your experience

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review flags 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by DigiCert Inc · DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1, expiring in 101 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com is 9.3 years old, registered on 2/23/2017 through MarkMonitor Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 3 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com as malicious or suspicious (3 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com resolves to an IP operated by DigitalOcean, LLC in CA (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 15, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around 4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·4erht-jjj5-001.tor1.digitaloceanspaces.com
DANGEROUS

This is a phishing page hosted on DigitalOcean's object storage service, designed to trick users into believing their cloud storage is full and steal their credentials. Three antivirus engines flag it as phishing, and security researchers have documented a coordinated campaign using identical random-subdomain patterns on the same platform.

Do not visit this page or enter any credentials. If you received a 'Cloud Storage Full' alert via email or pop-up, delete it immediately—legitimate cloud providers do not ask for passwords via unsolicited messages. Report the phishing URL to your email provider and to DigitalOcean abuse team.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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