Phishing detection: mta-sts.google-alerter.com

Google
https://mta-sts.google-alerter.com Access site
Screenshot
Screenshot of mta-sts.google-alerter.com
Investigate
Domain mta-sts.google-alerter.com467 CT hosts on apex
urlscan page.domain VirusTotal Whois
IP 35.178.254.71
urlscan page.ip VirusTotal ipinfo Greynoise
URL https://mta-sts.google-alerter.com
urlscan Wayback archive.today
Cert YR2
crt.sh Censys Google CT
Phishunt analysis Beta
30 low suspicionheuristic risk score · not a probability
Why?
  • +6.1 Google Safe Browsing
  • +5.3 Keyword match
  • +5.1 Site cluster
  • +3.7 Brand in domain label
  • +2.2 Country mismatch
  • +2.1 ASN reputation
  • +1.1 No CSP header
  • +0.9 Young certificate
  • +0.7 Brand in cert SAN
  • +0.7 Unrecognised DNS provider
  • +0.6 Registrar reputation
  • +0.5 Long domain
  • +0.3 Free CA
  • +0.2 Hyphens
  • +0.2 Suspicious TLD
  • +0.1 Deep subdomain
17 signals fired · detector v3.0.0
AI analysis AIBeta
Credential harvesting

Mail-related subdomain of a Google-branded lookalike domain (google-alerter) on AWS in the UK. The certificate names the brand and Google Safe Browsing flags it as social engineering, suggesting a fake Google alert lure for credentials.

Brand in domain labelBrand in cert SANGoogle Safe Browsing
AI-generated from stored detector signals - the AI never visited the site. · 2026-11-03 · confidence 60%
Domain & Network
Whois
Registrar Register SPA
Network
IP 35.178.254.71 AWS EC2
Country United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Hosting Amazon.com, Inc.
ASN AS16509
TLS Cert YR2
External detection Google Safe Browsing
GSB category: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING
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Network / ASN Amazon.com, Inc.
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Tracked from 2026-11-03 17:20 UTC  ·  Last refreshed 2026-11-09 23:30 UTC