# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bitfinex.kids
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 20:30:26 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bitfinex.kids/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      12/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.29.229 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Gname.com Pte. Ltd.
Nameservers:     ["cass.ns.cloudflare.com", "clay.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-01-28
Page title:      Bitfinex: One-Stop Global Investment Platform | Forex | Commodities | Stocks | Indices | Cryptocurrencies | Gold | Oil

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-01-28 (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:    2026-02-24 15:43:02 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 20:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-12 02:44:19 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/019c904f-1cf2-7253-851e-4abe4a5c1753/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/bitfinex.kids
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bitfinex.kids
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bitfinex.kids
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bitfinex.kids
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bitfinex.kids/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 16:25:43 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain bitfinex.kids was configured to impersonate the legitimate Bitfinex brand, presenting itself as a "One-Stop Global Investment Platform" for forex, commodities, stocks, indices, cryptocurrencies, gold, and oil. This site posed a cryptocurrency scam threat, likely attempting to deceive users into providing credentials or funds under the guise of a legitimate trading platform.

Technical analysis confirms the site was flagged by 12 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, with detections from ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, and CyRadar. Google Safe Browsing flagged it for SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. The domain was registered through Gname.com Pte. Ltd., created on 2026-01-28, hosted on IP 104.21.29.29 (US, AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.), and used nameservers cass.ns.cloudflare.com and clay.ns.cloudflare.com. No SSL certificate was detected. The domain is currently offline.

The site has a DOM risk score of 10 and a GridinSoft trust rating of 0 out of 100, indicating a high-risk threat. With 3 blocklists flagging the domain and active Google Safe Browsing warnings, it represents a verified social engineering and phishing risk, though it is currently inaccessible.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260224-6D36A9
Favicon SHA-256:       7ea90bbc7c505b98dd7d3a089a6fa32067e353150192951cedb05e26820936cf

## 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/bitfinex.kids/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bitfinex.kids
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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