# PhishDestroy threat dossier — btc-gold.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 10:59:44 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/btc-gold.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 77/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 66.241.124.219 (US, Pitkin) ASN: ASAS40509 FLY - Fly.io, Inc., US Hosting org: AS40509 Fly.io, Inc. Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC Nameservers: dns1.registrar-servers.com, dns2.registrar-servers.com Registered: 2025-08-06 Expires: 2026-08-06 Page title: BtcGold - Convert Crypto to Digital Gold Tax-Free ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-09-02 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 81919b581d4736ae4b4a49f1978bd34f89d0abe70fa97df898634d0ca3a7c597 ## 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: 2025-08-06 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 05:51:32 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 04:46:13 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 12:47:28 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa1ba-43ee-7278-877c-3cf62a8328f3/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/2884f7b9-f773-4859-9180-16ab39d3a423 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/btc-gold.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.btc-gold.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=btc-gold.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/btc-gold.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/btc-gold.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 05:53:24 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] btc-gold.xyz Generic Phishing Alert Analysis of btc-gold.xyz shows an infrastructure that aligns with typical phishing operations. The domain was registered through Namecheap Inc. on August 06, 2025 and remains active as of the report date, July 27, 2026. It is delegated to the registrar‑provided name servers dns1.registrar-servers.com and dns2.registrar-servers.com, a common pattern for rapidly provisioned malicious sites. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 66.241.124.219; no additional hosting details such as ASN or geographic location are supplied in the current intelligence set. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy service, indicating that at least one reputable anti‑phishing feed has judged the site to be malicious. VirusTotal records show that the domain was scanned by 91 independent vendors, none of which returned a positive detection. While the absence of detections does not constitute evidence of safety, it suggests that the payload or landing page, if any, has not yet been captured by the majority of sandbox environments. No public safe‑browsing, OTX, SSL/TLS, HTTP status, or page‑title information is available, leaving the content of the site unverified. Given the lack of visible forensic artifacts but the presence of blocklist entries and registrar data, defenders should treat btc-gold.xyz as a high‑confidence phishing indicator. Recommended mitigations include adding the domain and its resolved IP address to network‑level deny lists, monitoring DNS queries for the domain, and employing URL filtering to block access. Continuous re‑scanning with dynamic analysis platforms is advised to capture any emerging payloads or credential‑harvesting pages that may be deployed after this initial observation. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-E5000C TLS cert SHA-256: 81919b581d4736ae4b4a49f1978bd34f89d0abe70fa97df898634d0ca3a7c597 ## 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/btc-gold.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=btc-gold.xyz 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: 194,913 domains (82,892 alive under monitoring, 109,529 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io