# PhishDestroy threat dossier — botcoinex.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 06:11:19 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/botcoinex.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 98/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 9/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, Sophos URLQuery: 3 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 Registrar: IHS Telekom, Inc Nameservers: pete.ns.cloudflare.com, veronica.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2022-09-25 Expires: 2026-09-25 Page title: Botcoinex | Algorithmic Trading Robot, ALGO BOT, Crypto Buy Sell Signal Bot, Copy Trading Bot, Crypto Investing and Arbitrage Bot ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-06 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: fe0057394a1a501201972b50b8dae74e274471c5b33edc224530c4aad01c56d5 ## 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: 2022-09-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 05:25:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 04:43:49 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-27 06:50:31 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa199-775c-70ff-a222-9231441c758d/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/80d46763-c5c9-4f0f-bdae-19dfe2129622 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/botcoinex.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.botcoinex.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=botcoinex.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/botcoinex.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/botcoinex.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 05:29:37 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] botcoinex.com: Confirmed Phishing Site Analysis of botcoinex.com shows a clear pattern of malicious activity consistent with a generic phishing operation. The domain resolves to the IPv4 address 188.114.97.3 and has been active since its registration on September 25, 2022 through IHS Telekom, Inc. Its authoritative name servers are pete.ns.cloudflare.com and veronica.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating the use of Cloudflare’s DNS infrastructure. The domain is currently listed on at least one public security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy service, reinforcing the suspicion of abuse. VirusTotal scans reveal that nine out of ninety‑one security vendors have flagged the domain as malicious, providing additional independent confirmation of its threat status. No further public evidence such as page titles, SSL certificate details, or HTTP response codes was supplied, leaving the exact content of the site unverified. However, the combination of a dedicated phishing blocklist entry, multiple vendor detections, and the presence of Cloudflare‑based hosting—commonly leveraged for fast‑flux and abuse‑resistant operations—suggests a sustained campaign. Defenders should continue to block botcoinex.com at perimeter devices, update internal blocklists, and monitor for any traffic to its IP address 188.114.97.3. Organizations using DNS filtering should ensure the domain is flagged as high‑risk, and security teams should investigate logs for any user interactions with the domain to identify potential credential compromise. Ongoing surveillance is recommended, as the current evidence does not reveal the specific phishing lure employed, and future variations of the site could target additional brands or services. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-F4B3E1 Favicon MD5: 4356759cecdf6cce97cb379bbb28b275 TLS cert SHA-256: fe0057394a1a501201972b50b8dae74e274471c5b33edc224530c4aad01c56d5 ## 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/botcoinex.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=botcoinex.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: 202,995 domains (78,417 alive under monitoring, 123,547 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io