# PhishDestroy threat dossier — gemini-btc.mom ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 14:13:50 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/gemini-btc.mom/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 80/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Gemini ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Kaspersky, LevelBlue, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.156.164 (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: ["lennon.ns.cloudflare.com", "penny.ns.cloudflare.com"] Page title: Gemini HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-10-06 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 52629f1bf68bc1a247e986703a2d2fbc82e6913a0bcb6faee40801c01ec3856d ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-26 08:03:08 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-29 12:20:34 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-26 08:05:16 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is gemini-btc.mom a phishing domain? Analysis indicates the domain gemini-btc.mom remains active as of July 26 2026, returning an HTTP 200 status code for requests. Registration data shows the domain was created through NameSilo, LLC, and its authoritative DNS is hosted on Cloudflare using the nameservers lennon.ns.cloudflare.com and penny.ns.cloudflare.com. The domain is listed on a single security blocklist and is explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy service, reflecting a consensus that it is being used for malicious purposes. VirusTotal scanning reports that three out of ninety‑one scanned security vendors have flagged the domain, confirming the presence of at least partial detection across the threat‑intelligence ecosystem. The intelligence categorises the site as a generic phishing operation, but no further details such as page title, SSL certificate attributes, or the specific credential‑stealing payload have been disclosed. Consequently, the precise lure employed—whether it impersonates a cryptocurrency service, a financial institution, or another brand—is not yet known. The limited detection count indicates that some security products have not yet recognized the threat, which may allow the site to evade certain automated defenses. Defenders should treat gemini-btc.mom as high‑risk and proactively block network traffic to both the domain name and its resolved IP addresses. Adding the domain to internal DNS deny lists, web‑proxy block rules, and endpoint URL filtering policies will reduce exposure. Continuous monitoring of DNS query logs for the Cloudflare nameservers and periodic re‑scanning with updated VirusTotal or similar multi‑engine services is advised to capture any changes in detection status. Given the active HTTP response and confirmed blocklist presence, incident response teams should also consider issuing user awareness alerts highlighting the malicious nature of the domain and advising against any credential entry. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 371636f73f99eb4a64e5d0f1a9fa1075 TLS cert SHA-256: 52629f1bf68bc1a247e986703a2d2fbc82e6913a0bcb6faee40801c01ec3856d ## 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/gemini-btc.mom/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=gemini-btc.mom 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: 195,478 domains (83,245 alive under monitoring, 109,716 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io