equity-bank[.]xyz

The domain equity-bank.xyz is currently active and classified as a high‑risk credential‑phishing site targeting banking customers. The site presents the page title “equity-bank.xyz | Investment Financial Company”, indicating a fabricated financial services front. Registration occurred on 06 Nov 2025 through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown, and the domain resolves to the IPv4 address 163.61.188.7, which is geolocated to the United States (MIT campus). DNS resolution uses four LyteHosting nameservers (dns1‑dns4.lytehosting.com). The web server delivers HTTP 200 responses over TLS with a Let’s Encrypt R12 certificate and employs PHP, LiteSpeed, jQuery, and HTTP/3. On VirusTotal, five of ninety‑one scanners flagged the host, and Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0/100. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is actively blocked by PhishDestroy; it is also referenced in two AlienVault OTX pulses. MX records consist solely of an entry pointing to equity-bank.xyz with priority 0. While the technical footprint confirms a malicious infrastructure, no additional payload analysis or page content details are available. Defenders should block the domain, its IP address, and associated nameservers at perimeter defenses, monitor for email traffic using the listed MX record, and update detection rules to include the observed TLS fingerprint and HTTP/3 usage pattern.