# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bitswapfinance.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 21:47:48 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bitswapfinance.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      12/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Netcraft, SOCRadar, VIPRE
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.222.163 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     ["amber.ns.cloudflare.com", "mitchell.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Page title:      Bitswap Finance | Home
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-10-04
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9d291e6a8541ce79fa82dc2cebd3a497baea221a37680edd8ce39d0a9a03a199

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:38:22 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 20:20:25 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-20 00:42:19 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

bitswapfinance.com — Crypto Phishing Site Investigation

This domain, bitswapfinance.com, is actively flagged as a high-risk crypto phishing site as of July 19, 2026. Infrastructure analysis reveals it is hosted behind Cloudflare (IP 172.67.222.163, Canada) and resolves to nameservers amber.ns.cloudflare.com and mitchell.ns.cloudflare.com. The site returns an HTTP 200 status, indicating an operational frontend, and employs technologies including PHP, Laravel, Tailwind CSS, Chart.js, Stripe, and SweetAlert2—components commonly used in fraudulent financial platforms. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services (WE1), a legitimate provider often exploited by phishing domains to appear trustworthy.  The domain is registered through Dynadot Inc and appears on three security blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. AlienVault OTX lists it in one threat intelligence pulse, and twelve of ninety-one security vendors on VirusTotal flag the domain as malicious. MX records point to _dc-mx.414e36e1be8a.bitswapfinance.com with priority 0, suggesting minimal or spoofed email infrastructure. The page title, 'Bitswap Finance | Home,' implies a cryptocurrency or financial service, though the exact content and target brand remain unconfirmed without further analysis.  Defenders should treat this domain as confirmed malicious infrastructure. Block access at the network level, monitor for related subdomains, and alert users to avoid interaction. The use of Cloudflare and legitimate-looking SSL does not mitigate the risk; these are standard tactics to evade detection. No legitimate financial service is known to operate under this domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       e0c951bc6a18bd38f0fcb72e0b47dddb
TLS cert SHA-256:      9d291e6a8541ce79fa82dc2cebd3a497baea221a37680edd8ce39d0a9a03a199

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bitswapfinance.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bitswapfinance.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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