# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bitstraders.apexciti.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-25 06:44:26 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bitstraders.apexciti.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 87/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Banking Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 10/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 13.248.169.48 (CA, Montreal) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AWS Global Accelerator (GLOBAL) Registrar: EuropeanConnectionOnline.com LLC Nameservers: ["ns1.afternic.com", "ns2.afternic.com", "verification-d3jclucsp89ganyqbydeny.ns101.verify.hn"] Registered: 2026-02-21 HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-26 23:20:56 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-02-26 23:20:56 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-25 04:02:35 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/01989c4b-f41a-764a-83f2-0b5b62c75e04/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/bitstraders.apexciti.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bitstraders.apexciti.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bitstraders.apexciti.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bitstraders.apexciti.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bitstraders.apexciti.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-22 15:22:19 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is bitstraders.apexciti.com a Banking Phishing Scam? Analysis of bitstraders.apexciti.com indicates a high‑risk banking phishing operation that remains active as of the report date, July 22 2026. The domain was registered on February 21 2026 through EuropeanConnectionOnline.com LLC and subsequently assigned to the nameservers ns1.afternic.com, ns2.afternic.com, and verification-d3jclucsp89ganyqbydeny.ns. DNS resolution points to the IP address 13.248.169.48, which belongs to an Amazon Web Services Global Accelerator node located in Canada. No TLS certificate is presented, and the HTTP response returns a 200 status code, suggesting the site is reachable without encryption. Infrastructure reputation is poor: the Gridinsoft trust score is 0 out of 100, and the domain appears on one known security blocklist. VirusTotal scans report that ten of ninety‑three antivirus and URL‑reputation engines flag the domain, reinforcing the suspicion of malicious intent. PhishDestroy has also listed the domain as blocked, and the overall classification is banking phishing. The available evidence does not include a page title, content snapshot, or any observed brand targeting beyond the generic banking phishing label, leaving the exact visual or credential‑capture tactics unverified. Defenders should treat the domain as malicious, enforce network‑level blocking of 13.248.169.48 and its associated CIDR ranges, and add bitstraders.apexciti.com to URL filtering policies. Ongoing monitoring of the registrar EuropeanConnectionOnline.com LLC for any additional domains, as well as periodic re‑scans on VirusTotal and other sandbox services, is recommended to capture potential campaign expansions. ## 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 (operator 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/bitstraders.apexciti.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bitstraders.apexciti.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 189,469 domains (59,780 alive under monitoring, 128,126 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io