# PhishDestroy threat dossier — zix.casino
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 17:20:13 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/zix.casino/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Crypto Casino / Gambling
Phishing kit: Gambler Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      17/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE
URLQuery:        100 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.29.191 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
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:     ["anirban.ns.cloudflare.com", "desiree.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Zix: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-06-07
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 35b22330a2e0d24a34f054fb059b02e2e4f867208dbddd24768da762fe99dafe

## 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: 2026-02-21 (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)
Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-07 17:36:46 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-04-23 20:19:22 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-11 12:01:04 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means
the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered
by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution
research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands.

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019c3886-ce9b-731e-9cc2-dd12ab203ce5/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/zix.casino
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.zix.casino
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=zix.casino
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/zix.casino
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/zix.casino/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 01:01:50 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies zix.casino as a high-risk generic phishing domain posing as a popular online crypto casino. The domain was created recently on February 21, 2026, and uses misleading branding to lure victims.

The domain resolves to IP 104.21.29.191 and is registered through NameSilo, LLC. It appears on three security blocklists and is flagged by 17 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors, indicating a strong likelihood of fraudulent activity.

Currently, zix.casino is taken offline, mitigating ongoing threat exposure. Users are advised to avoid interaction, as the domain’s infrastructure and blocklist presence confirm it is unsafe for any transactions or data entry.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       c164e1ea36438d14fea9b88996d154275a4c92fd80bfa082c7e00a343f241147
TLS cert SHA-256:      35b22330a2e0d24a34f054fb059b02e2e4f867208dbddd24768da762fe99dafe

## 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/zix.casino/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=zix.casino
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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