# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bowatu.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-02 17:54:02 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bowatu.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Crypto Casino / Gambling ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: sue.ns.cloudflare.com, wells.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-03-17 Page title: Bowatu: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain HTTP response: 530 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-06-15 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: acbf2a55ae2cc4807087e0e1ca9a3a411b7ecc14ebc2a0509a3863d5bc5ed7dd ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-03-17 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-05 06:24:34 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-05-05 03:25:51 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-02 20:15:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-12 03:46:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019df629-81e9-73e9-84bd-6db8111f58d6/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/0918ad00-dee4-4682-8edd-55f1fa22dfa2 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/bowatu.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bowatu.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bowatu.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bowatu.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bowatu.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-05-05 06:25:00 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies bowatu.com as a high-risk credential harvesting domain currently under active investigation. This domain was flagged for hosting a credential harvesting campaign, with zero detections out of 95 VirusTotal engines as of the latest scan. VirusTotal flags were absent despite the domain’s short operational window. The domain resolves to IP 188.114.97.3, registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED on March 17, 2026. No historical presence on major blocklists or trust score degradation has been observed, suggesting it may be newly deployed. The SSL certificate was issued by Let’s Encrypt, indicating an attempt to establish trustworthiness. Given the absence of detections and the domain’s recent creation, there is an elevated risk of undetected credential theft operations. Targets typically include users of financial, e-commerce, or enterprise login portals. The combination of a clean reputation, recent registration, and SSL support is a common tactic in credential harvesting campaigns. Threat actors often leverage newly registered domains to evade detection before establishing a malicious reputation. Organizations and users should immediately block access to bowatu.com at the DNS and firewall levels. Employees should be alerted to avoid entering credentials on this domain, and any captured credentials should be rotated immediately. Continuous monitoring for associated IP addresses and subdomains is recommended, as threat actors frequently expand infrastructure to sustain phishing operations. Reporting to threat intelligence platforms and local CERT teams is encouraged to accelerate detection and mitigation. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260505-32C9B1 Favicon MD5: a96bf3af79c228f92e3c6852ba74bcea TLS cert SHA-256: acbf2a55ae2cc4807087e0e1ca9a3a411b7ecc14ebc2a0509a3863d5bc5ed7dd ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bowatu.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bowatu.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 158,261 domains (42,784 alive under monitoring, 114,030 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io