# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bybitspto.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 10:08:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bybitspto.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 87/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Exchange
Targeted brand: Bybit

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: SOCRadar

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.144.30 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameSilo, LLC

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!!
NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about
received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com)
for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our
X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence.
Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket —
NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received.
Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter
  https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed

Nameservers:     ["courtney.ns.cloudflare.com", "grant.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-04-21
Page title:      Bybitpto Exchange
HTTP response:   429

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-06-15
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: c73010935dcb658afb9a5cc4bf70cf7aeca325a56aed05721f87459047a41f8a

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-04-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-21 12:23:33 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Earliest abuse rec: 2026-04-21 09:30:01 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-04-23 04:06:07 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 04:06:07 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means
the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered
by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution
research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands.

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019daf59-6460-73c9-a391-cf0dde0ca6c2/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/e2376651-ef9d-473d-bee1-73f955aa95b3
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/bybitspto.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bybitspto.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bybitspto.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bybitspto.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bybitspto.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-21 12:24:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies bybitspto.com as an active brand impersonation domain targeting Bybit users.

This domain (bybitspto.com) is currently under investigation as a Bybit impersonation scam site, hosting a fraudulent exchange interface. Flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, the site registered through NameSilo, LLC resolves to IP 172.67.144.30 with a Google Trust Services SSL certificate. Created July 24, 2025, the domain employs URL typosquatting to deceive victims.

Current status remains active with zero detections, indicating low immediate antivirus coverage despite clear malicious intent. Users should avoid all interactions with this domain. Recommendations include immediate domain blocking, reporting to NameSilo abuse contacts, and sharing indicators with crypto exchange security teams. Browser extensions like uBlock Origin can prevent accidental access to this fraudulent site.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/94 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260421-557C6C
Favicon MD5:       c9cf7433c1d544eda4ab1af00003d8ea
TLS cert SHA-256:      c73010935dcb658afb9a5cc4bf70cf7aeca325a56aed05721f87459047a41f8a

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