trust-bybit[.]click

trust-bybit.click is a newly registered domain (created 7 January 2026) that has been observed hosting a page titled “Bybit Audit”. The domain is registered through Dynadot, LLC and resolves to the IPv4 address 172.86.92.178, which is allocated to AS30823 (aurologic GmbH) in Germany. The TLS certificate presented on the host is identified as “E7”, a low‑confidence certificate often associated with malicious infrastructure. The site has been classified as a crypto‑scam that impersonates the Bybit cryptocurrency exchange, and its risk rating is listed as elevated. Threat‑intel aggregators have flagged the domain in multiple sources.

AlienVault OTX referenced the domain in three separate pulses, indicating that community analysts have linked it to Bybit‑related fraud. VirusTotal scans show that 20 of 95 security engines returned a malicious verdict, reinforcing the suspicion of abuse. Independent reputation services have assigned a Gridinsoft trust score of 0 / 100, and the domain is currently listed on one public blocklist. PhishDestroy has actively blocked the host, and the domain has been taken offline as of the report date.

The observable evidence suggests that the infringing page was crafted to lure cryptocurrency users by referencing an audit, a common social‑engineering lure. However, no detailed page content has been captured, and the exact phishing kit or credential‑stealing mechanisms remain unknown. Defenders should ensure that the IPv4 address 172.86.92.178 is denied at the network perimeter, add trust-bybit.click to URL filtering and DNS sinkhole policies, and monitor for additional domains that combine the “trust‑bybit” pattern with other Bybit‑related keywords. Continuous re‑scanning of the host after any re‑appearance is advised, as well as sharing indicators of compromise—including the registrar, IP block, and TLS fingerprint—with industry sharing platforms to accelerate detection of related campaigns.