# PhishDestroy threat dossier — xotanex.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-02 12:43:43 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/xotanex.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: seed_phish, wallet_connect_phish
Targeted brand: microsoft
Wallet drainer: Wallet Connect Abuse

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, G-Data, Kaspersky
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      35.214.205.224 (NL, Groningen)
ASN:             ASAS19527 GOOGLE-2, US
Hosting org:     AS19527 Google LLC
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Nameservers:     ns1.siteground.net, ns2.siteground.net
Registered:      2025-03-01
Expires:         2026-03-01
Page title:      Xotanex | The Biggest Politics Prediction Market
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2025-03-01 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-08-09 23:14:45 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-02 09:35:36 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/019891c2-2d62-72c6-835d-1a3a77c7fa7d/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/xotanex.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.xotanex.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=xotanex.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/xotanex.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/xotanex.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:17:25 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies xotanex.com as a crypto drainer domain that posed a medium risk before it was taken offline. The site masqueraded as a politics prediction market but was designed to steal cryptocurrency assets. Users interacting with the domain faced potential loss of funds through unauthorized wallet access.

This phishing domain employed a Wallet Connect abuse method to trick victims into granting access to their crypto wallets. By impersonating a legitimate platform, it convinced users to connect their wallets, enabling the attackers to drain digital assets without further consent. The domain was flagged on multiple security blocklists and identified by several antivirus vendors before being taken offline.

To stay safe, users should avoid connecting their crypto wallets to untrusted or unknown sites, especially those flagged for suspicious activity. Always verify the legitimacy of platforms requesting wallet access and use hardware wallets or multi-factor authentication when possible. If you suspect exposure to such scams, immediately revoke wallet permissions and transfer your assets to a secure wallet.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       ee548df078472550aa9b6ea687e2de5059f328b47b6b84c1ce905bdae6d87d47

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