Is hawkh616-wq.github.io legit or a scam?
A malicious Instagram clone hosted on a 0-day-old GitHub subdomain designed to harvest social media login credentials.
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.
Analysis Summary
Phishing site — do not log in
Flagged on major browser safety blocklists as social engineering. This page looks designed to steal credentials. Don't log in — and if you already did, change the password anywhere you reused it and turn on two-factor authentication.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
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.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The screenshot shows a standard GitHub Pages 404 error indicating that no site is currently hosted at this address.
What our vision model saw
1 signalPage renders a 404 error
MT Intelligence
Our analysis confirms this site is a textbook phishing operation. While the root domain shows a 404 error to hide its presence, the sub-path contains a pixel-perfect clone of the Instagram login page in Russian. The domain was registered today and has already been blacklisted by major browser protection services. Three of our antivirus partners, including Emsisoft and G-Data, explicitly flag this as a phishing threat. There is no legitimate business reason for a third-party GitHub subdomain to host an Instagram login prompt.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for hawkh616-wq.github.io, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain is a GitHub Pages site (hawkh616-wq.github.io) created 0 days ago.
- Root path returns standard GitHub Pages 404 "Site not found".
- Path /instagram/ serves a page titled "Instagram" with Russian registration prompt text, appearing as a clone of Instagram's site.
- URL https://hawkh616-wq.github.io/instagram/ is explicitly listed in OpenPhish phishing feed and Zeek intelligence feeds.
- Multiple urlquery.net sandbox reports flag the /instagram/ path as phishing, with detections from Quad9 DNS (malicious) and urlquery (phishing - Instagram).
- Similar GitHub.io subdomains are frequently used for generic or brand-specific phishing pages, as seen in related PhishDestroy reports.
- No business registration, reviews, or legitimate presence found; domain age and phishing listings indicate malicious use.
- OpenPhish (via Zeek Intelligence Feed)open
"https://hawkh616-wq.github.io/instagram/ Intel::URL OPENPHISH F Phishing-URLS"
- urlquery.netopen
"hawkh616-wq.github.io /instagram/ ... urlquery, phishing . Phishing - Instagram"
- urlquery.netopen
"hawkh616-wq.github.io/instagram/. screenshot. ... Quad9 DNS, malicious. Sinkholed."
Page at /instagram/ has title "Instagram", Russian text mimicking registration prompt ("У вас ещё нет аккаунта?" and "Зарегистрироваться"), and app store links; listed in OpenPhish as phishing.
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
Phishing site — act fast
This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.
- Do not interact with hawkh616-wq.github.io
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already typed your password — change it now
Change the password on the legitimate site and anywhere else you re-used it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Review recent account activity.
- OpenReport the phishing URL
APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) accepts phishing reports at reportphishing@apwg.org. Google Safe Browsing reports help protect other users.
- OpenGet help on the forum
MalwareTips members can help you assess damage and next steps.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
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 hawkh616-wq.github.io as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — hawkh616-wq.github.io scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. hawkh616-wq.github.io presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 14 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- hawkh616-wq.github.io is 0 days old. 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 hawkh616-wq.github.io as malicious or suspicious (3 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- Yes. The major browser blocklist feeds flagged hawkh616-wq.github.io with the following threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. This protects billions of browser users from visiting the site.
- hawkh616-wq.github.io resolves to an IP operated by GitHub, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). 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 20, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around hawkh616-wq.github.io have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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