# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aitrade-bybitbot.live ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-03 12:05:53 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aitrade-bybitbot.live/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Bybit Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_divergence) (score: 2/6) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 8/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, Emsisoft, Fortinet, Netcraft, Webroot ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.176.185 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: ligia.ns.cloudflare.com, steven.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-26 Expires: 2027-04-25 Page title: Bybit AI Trading Bot — Free Beta HTTP response: 530 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-07-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: b26b2672590c3efe93265463c1223ee87b98315adac293890ee96e422e160f00 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-26 16:26:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-26 13:27:24 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-05-03 07:12:07 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-28 03:58:05 UTC Current status: ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dc9f6-a071-70fd-b9f9-b0e2e0ea13bd/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/e158e0e8-43f9-457a-9361-73a72801aa6b Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/aitrade-bybitbot.live crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.aitrade-bybitbot.live Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=aitrade-bybitbot.live AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/aitrade-bybitbot.live URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/aitrade-bybitbot.live/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-26 16:29:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies aitrade-bybitbot.live as an active brand impersonation domain targeting cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, specifically designed to deceive users into downloading or engaging with a fake trading bot. The threat level remains under investigation, but the domain's recent creation date, low detection rate, and deliberate impersonation of a major financial platform warrant immediate caution. This assessment highlights the need for rapid validation before any interaction with the site. This domain was flagged for impersonating Bybit and resolved to IP 172.67.176.185, registered through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com on April 25, 2026. VirusTotal currently shows 0 detections out of 95 engines, indicating it has not yet been widely blacklisted or analyzed. The use of a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate suggests an attempt to appear legitimate, while the choice of registrar and hosting infrastructure provides minimal operational friction for threat actors. No known blocklists currently flag this domain, and trust scores for related indicators remain unverified. Mitigation against brand impersonation domains like aitrade-bybitbot.live requires layered defenses. Users should verify domain legitimacy by cross-checking official Bybit domains directly from their official channels. Organizations are advised to block the domain at the DNS level and monitor network traffic for connections to 172.67.176.185. Security teams should also update endpoint protection rules to detect any executable or script payloads associated with this domain. Proactive threat hunting for similar impersonation patterns is recommended to prevent downstream compromise. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260426-783B48 TLS cert SHA-256: b26b2672590c3efe93265463c1223ee87b98315adac293890ee96e422e160f00 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates: - VirusTotal positive ratio - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus, CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB) - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor) - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.) - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording) - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures) - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...) - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal) - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record) - Human researcher sign-off (volunteer takedown team) A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite score and the individual indicators above, not just VT. ## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aitrade-bybitbot.live/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aitrade-bybitbot.live Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 144,982 domains (55,981 alive under monitoring, 88,740 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io