# PhishDestroy threat dossier — houbi.co
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Fetched:   2026-06-07 15:09:31 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/houbi.co/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: HTX

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, Fortinet, Kaspersky
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      54.215.31.113 (US, San Jose)
ASN:             AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     AWS EC2 (us-west-1)
Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     ns1.dyna-ns.net, ns2.dyna-ns.net
Registered:      2026-04-25
Page title:      Earn rewards when you get started on OKX | My referral code: 97597037 | OKX Europe
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-07-07
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: b55b62ee635f637420b156228a20f37ecbb6ee0ae9b85791cd96374bfb6d2fbb

## 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: 2026-04-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-25 15:29:55 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-07 11:09:59 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-08 05:39:52 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019dc49a-633a-76ee-91b2-6c2413c6e97a/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/houbi.co
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.houbi.co
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=houbi.co
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/houbi.co
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/houbi.co/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-07 05:53:01 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Threat Overview  
The domain houbi.co is a confirmed phishing operation impersonating the brand HTX. It is currently live and actively serving traffic, posing a high threat level with a score of 76 out of 100.

Risk Indicators  
- 3 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious  
- The domain is listed on 1 public blocklist  
- The domain is not flagged by Google Safe Browsing  
- The domain was created on 2026-04-25  
- Hosting IP is 54.215.31.113  

Technical Details  
- Registrar: Dynadot Inc  
- Hosting IP: 54.215.31.113  
- VirusTotal: 3 out of 95 security vendors flagged this domain as malicious  

Recommendations  
- Block and report this domain immediately via your threat-intel platform  
- Monitor for any phishing attempts using the HTX brand  
- Educate users about the risks associated with this domain and similar phishing operations

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       665e88640125bbccbd2db8e0913625a7
TLS cert SHA-256:      b55b62ee635f637420b156228a20f37ecbb6ee0ae9b85791cd96374bfb6d2fbb

## 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/houbi.co/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=houbi.co
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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