# PhishDestroy threat dossier — busey.co.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-03 07:40:37 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/busey.co.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Drainer ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 11/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, ESET, Emsisoft, G-Data, LevelBlue, Lionic, Netcraft, Sophos, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: Moniker Online Services LLC Nameservers: ["ns1.nic.co.com", "ns2.nic.co.com", "ns3.nic.co.com", "ns4.nic.co.com"] Registered: 2026-05-29 Page title: busey.co.com | 502: Bad gateway ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-05 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: cf2bcddf2114ec7d8f09dead652152dfeb2d7304f308c79c995fc92fe13e05b8 ## 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: 2026-05-29 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-29 23:30:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-15 03:46:09 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-03 08:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-02 18:28:24 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-18 16:46:59 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies busey.co.com as a high-risk crypto drainer, a specific type of phishing designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet credentials and drain funds. This domain impersonates Busey Bank, a legitimate financial institution, to trick users into entering sensitive information. The threat is currently active and poses an immediate danger to anyone who may encounter it. Technical analysis reveals several red flags. VirusTotal reports 11 out of 95 security vendors flagging this domain as malicious, indicating widespread detection. The domain was registered on May 29, 2026, through Moniker Online Services LLC, a registrar often associated with suspicious domains. It appears on 1 security blocklist, and its IP address is linked to other phishing campaigns. The domain's trust score is extremely low, and it lacks proper SSL certificate validation, further confirming its malicious intent. To protect against this crypto drainer, users should never click on links or download attachments from unsolicited communications claiming to be from Busey Bank. Always verify the URL by manually typing the official website address into the browser. Enable two-factor authentication on all cryptocurrency accounts, and use a hardware wallet for storing large amounts of crypto. Report any suspicious activity to the relevant authorities and consider using anti-phishing browser extensions that block known malicious domains. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: cf2bcddf2114ec7d8f09dead652152dfeb2d7304f308c79c995fc92fe13e05b8 ## 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/busey.co.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=busey.co.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: 174,184 domains (13,643 alive under monitoring, 159,748 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io