# PhishDestroy threat dossier — houzux.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-22 02:48:48 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/houzux.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 96/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Base

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: G-Data, Kaspersky, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.161.171 (US, San Francisco)
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — Trustname / Fewmoretaps OU !!!
Trustname (IANA #4318) is a shell company declaring EUR 120 annual revenue, 1
employee, negative equity, Belarusian ownership. Explicitly advertises itself as
'bulletproof' in its DNS TXT records. Primary source:
  https://phishdestroy.io/trustname-bulletproof-exposed

Nameservers:     mina.ns.cloudflare.com, rick.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-10
Expires:         2027-06-10
Page title:      Houzux: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-09
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 644ca5e2413ed06b7c5a4f9b8fd0c4369ab4099d9037ccdd5aab2fd553c34cee

## 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: 2026-06-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-17 18:38:40 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-17 18:55:39 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 04:47:51 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-18 00:14:29 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/019ed672-141e-716b-9873-57da7ab66182/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/f82165ec-3548-4776-a7cc-7d2ae2337db4
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/houzux.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.houzux.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=houzux.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/houzux.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/houzux.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:34:04 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies houzux.com as a domain engaging in brand impersonation, specifically targeting Base, with no known drainer kit involved. 
   
This domain was flagged due to its technical indicators, including a VirusTotal score of 3/95, registration through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com, resolution to IP 172.67.161.171, creation on June 10, 2026, and a Google Trust Services SSL certificate, along with being listed on 1 security blocklist.

The current status of houzux.com is offline, which may be a result of swift response actions, yet the remaining risk to users who may have interacted with the domain prior to its takedown remains, underscoring the importance of vigilance and taking protective measures against brand impersonation threats like this one, which leveraged the appeal of crypto casinos to deceive users.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260617-89FE2C
Favicon MD5:       095b185e288ed8e4d934ac78fe6a4e2e
TLS cert SHA-256:      644ca5e2413ed06b7c5a4f9b8fd0c4369ab4099d9037ccdd5aab2fd553c34cee

## 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/houzux.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=houzux.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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