# PhishDestroy threat dossier — halo-tb.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-03 20:29:58 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/halo-tb.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 98/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Netcraft AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island) ASN: AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE Hosting org: MIT 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: dns1.lytehosting.com, dns2.lytehosting.com, dns3.lytehosting.com, dns4.lytehosting.com, ns1.cprapid.com, ns2.cprapid.com Registered: 2025-10-27 Expires: 2026-10-27 Page title: Halo Trust Bank- Your New Favorite Bank ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-09-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: da4b58307d895ffd45c0464c1a16e62fe7a151094f21f9d4c5ae0cd6a0af5584 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - mail.halo-tb.com - www.halo-tb.com ## 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: 2025-10-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-01 04:13:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-03 20:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-01 12:02:52 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f1b72-c412-76b8-9161-aacbfe691529/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/halo-tb.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.halo-tb.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=halo-tb.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/halo-tb.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/halo-tb.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-01 04:14:57 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain halo-tb.com is flagged as a generic phishing threat, impersonating a financial entity through its misleading title 'Halo Trust Bank- Your New Favorite Bank'. As a phishing site, it appears to be designed to harvest personal and financial information under the guise of a credible banking institution. Technical indicators associated with this domain include a VirusTotal score of 0/95, indicating that it has not yet been flagged by any of the 95 scanners in their database. The domain is registered through NameSilo, LLC, and resolves to the IP address 163.61.188.7. Creation date for the domain is recorded as October 27, 2025, suggesting that its emergence is part of a planned phishing strategy. The site is not currently listed on any known blocklists, with a blocklist count of zero, contributing to its active status. Currently, halo-tb.com is still active, and its threat level remains under investigation. There are no immediate detection measures in place via VirusTotal, and as it operates without being identified as malicious, the potential risks to users remain. It is recommended for users to avoid interactions with this domain and for security teams to monitor for updates and patterns in similar phishing infrastructure to mitigate risk. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 2/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: 43f93c05968bd9e8f7f985f61542513a TLS cert SHA-256: da4b58307d895ffd45c0464c1a16e62fe7a151094f21f9d4c5ae0cd6a0af5584 ## 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/halo-tb.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=halo-tb.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: 174,411 domains (13,161 alive under monitoring, 160,432 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io