# PhishDestroy threat dossier — viabitminner.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-24 12:05:25 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/viabitminner.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island)
ASN:             AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE
Hosting org:     MIT
Registrar:       TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown
Nameservers:     ["dns1.lytehosting.com", "dns2.lytehosting.com", "dns3.lytehosting.com", "dns4.lytehosting.com"]
Page title:      viabit
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-08-17
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 3b5fe5a0e6916c39eac94839b1bf438a106342aee99ded96c43281cae9dd2377

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:38:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-24 12:21:41 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-20 00:49:17 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

viabitminner.com: Confirmed Phishing Site

Analysis shows viabitminner.com is actively hosting a phishing campaign. The domain is registered through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown and presents a Let’s Encrypt R12 certificate, indicating encrypted communications but no elevated trust. DNS resolution points to IP 163.61.188.7, hosted in the United States and associated with the MIT network. The site returns HTTP 200 and the page title is reported as "viabit." Threat intelligence sources corroborate the malicious nature: AlienVault OTX lists the domain in two separate pulses, VirusTotal records five positive detections from ninety‑one vendors, and PhishDestroy has already blocked it. The domain appears on one additional security blocklist, and its authoritative nameservers are dns1.lytehosting.com through dns4.lytehosting.com, with an MX record pointing to viabitminner.com itself. While the exact content and credential‑capture mechanisms have not been publicly disclosed, the convergence of registration, hosting, and detection data confirms a high‑risk phishing operation. Defenders should immediately block the domain and its resolved IP, add the domain to outbound‑filter deny lists, and monitor for any outbound connections to the listed nameservers. Continued observation of traffic to the IP and periodic re‑scans are recommended to detect any changes in the payload or additional infrastructure components.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       57ba7b55c5fe43b1d941ba907b2e991b
TLS cert SHA-256:      3b5fe5a0e6916c39eac94839b1bf438a106342aee99ded96c43281cae9dd2377

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