Verdict
laqtaa.com shows high-risk / scam indicators.
This assessment found strong scam indicators. Do not pay, sign in, or share personal details with this site.
| What this site appears to be | An auto-generated webserver index page showing 'Index of /' and file listing headers (Name, Last modified, Size, Description). No forms, monetization, or branding present. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | 11 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 6.4 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2021Public history exists | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: 3 to 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2021.
- At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.
Full analysis
Security Alert
Sophos flagged this site in external intelligence checks, indicating elevated compromise/scam exposure that requires immediate caution.
The website is an auto-generated webserver directory index presenting “Index of /” with file-listing columns for names, modification dates, sizes, and descriptions. It currently presents no identifiable brand, business proposition, user account function, transaction flow, or other clear purpose beyond exposing server-resident file listings.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
Confirmed external reputation contradictions create a critical interaction risk. The domain is reported as blacklisted by VirusTotal and a separate external blacklist, with 11 malicious detections and a Tier-1 detection from Sophos. These findings outweigh the homepage’s technically simple presentation and the absence of an observed login form, phishing form, external submission flow, or brand-impersonation indicators. No confirmed identity inconsistency or on-page impersonation was observed, but the available evidence does not support credential submission, file downloading, or financial interaction.
- The homepage displays only an auto-generated “Index of /” directory listing and contains no branding, operator attribution, or transaction interface.
- External reputation assessment recorded 11 malicious detections, including a Sophos detection, and an external blacklist hit.
- The domain was registered on 2020-03-27 and is approximately 6.4 years old through 2027-03-27; domain longevity does not offset the confirmed external threat detections.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides no visible legal, corporate, licensing, or regulated-service disclosure on the observed page. This is a material transparency gap if the domain is intended to represent a financial, commercial, or otherwise regulated operation, although the current directory page does not itself make such claims. Real-world operator identity remains unverified, and ownership opacity is present; these limitations should not be treated as proof of fraud independently of the external blacklist findings. The site’s valid transport certificate and identifiable registrar are technical or administrative facts, not evidence of authorization or legitimacy.
- The homepage contains no company name, legal entity, license number, jurisdiction, terms, or regulatory disclosure.
- The domain is registered through Spaceship, Inc.; the available evidence independently verifies neither the operator nor any regulated authorization.
- TLS uses issuer YR1 with DV validation and is valid to 2026-10-05; DV encryption confirms transport protection only.
What to Verify Next
Before any further interaction, an independent offline or otherwise trusted channel should establish who controls the domain and whether the directory contents are expected and authorized. If the domain is presented as part of a regulated or commercial service, the claimed entity and authorization should be checked directly against the relevant official registry. Security teams should also preserve the observed domain and file-listing state for internal review and avoid executing or opening files obtained from the directory until provenance and integrity are established.
- The observed site material contains no independently verifiable operator or authorization information.
- The current page exposes a directory rather than a documented service interface, so file provenance and intended use remain unestablished.
- No login, payment, or external form was observed during the available page and behavior checks.
Summary Verdict
The website has a critical trust posture and presents sensitive-interaction risk. Its minimal, unbranded content does not explain or remediate the confirmed external malicious and blacklist findings, while the operator identity remains unverified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to infrastructure operated by HOSTWINDS - Hostwinds LLC. in the United States, with no detected CDN or WAF and a likely origin address exposed. This provides limited infrastructure-level mitigation and should not be interpreted as evidence of legitimacy.
- Served from AS54290 (HOSTWINDS - Hostwinds LLC., US).
- Infrastructure resolution identified 1 unique IP, 0 edge IPs, and 1 likely origin IP; no CDN was detected.
Closing Assessment
The appropriate institutional posture is to suspend credentials, downloads, financial activity, and other sensitive interaction until domain control, file provenance, and any claimed business authorization have been independently established.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-20 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
2 findings contributed to this verdict, raised by registration and ownership, analysis engine, external reputation.
01 Governance Risk
- The public registration record for this domain is incomplete.Registration and ownership
rule:KF_WHOIS_INCOMPLETE
02 Sensitive Interaction Risk
- The analysis matched a pattern TrustSniffer treats as a direct threat to a visitor.Analysis engine
signal:direct_threat - An external threat feed lists this domain: either Google Safe Browsing marked it malicious, or a significant number of malware engines flagged it.External reputation
rule:EXT_BLACKLIST_CRITICAL
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of laqtaa.com.
- The request stayed on laqtaa.com. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Spaceship, Inc.. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by sourceahosting.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-03-27. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2021-12-13. Clear
- It is hosted on HOSTWINDS, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Spaceship, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Hosting | HOSTWINDS - Hostwinds LLC., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 192.236.192.240 |
| Name servers | NS1.SOURCEAHOSTING.COM, NS2.SOURCEAHOSTING.COM |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-05 |
| Domain age | 6.40 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-03-27 |
| Archive first seen | 2021-12-13 |
| Archive snapshots | Not counted (archive lookup incomplete) |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 11 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about laqtaa.com at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.