# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bitcros.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-02 18:29:32 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bitcros.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 69/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Investment Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, Netcraft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.49.89 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameCheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     carla.ns.cloudflare.com, elmo.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2021-06-10
Expires:         2026-06-10
Page title:      Bitcros | Cryptocurrency Trading and Investment Platform

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-04-12
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 4d5d93e7f7b9ba560f2c6963676196377a5fa6bfcf2ab53e724724ddcde408fa

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: CLOSED — no report required.
This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either
the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the
operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file
for audit but no formal notice was sent.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2021-06-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-08-15 10:12:10 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-24 21:23:04 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 11:46:34 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/0198addb-e1e7-768d-92b3-dde881ae583b/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/bitcros.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bitcros.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bitcros.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bitcros.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bitcros.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:17:55 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies bitcros.com as a low-risk generic phishing domain impersonating a cryptocurrency trading platform. It aimed to deceive users into divulging personal and financial data.

The domain was registered in June 2021 via NAMECHEAP INC and resolved to IP 104.21.49.89. Although currently taken offline, it appeared on a security blocklist and was flagged by 2 out of 95 VirusTotal scanners.

Users are advised to avoid interacting with bitcros.com or similar suspicious crypto sites. Always verify URLs and never share sensitive credentials on untrusted platforms to stay protected.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       ee9c5c07be4749e9e16e0f7dbe0850ba411beefdcf0b7198d37bca0fa649aa65
TLS cert SHA-256:      4d5d93e7f7b9ba560f2c6963676196377a5fa6bfcf2ab53e724724ddcde408fa

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bitcros.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bitcros.com
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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