kiovex[.]com

This investigation documents the infrastructure associated with kiovex.com, which was observed as a generic phishing operation targeting cryptocurrency users. The domain was registered on February 21 2026 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and is currently offline. DNS resolution points to the IP address 188.114.97.3, an address owned by Cloudflare, Inc. (AS13335) located in the United States. No TLS certificate was presented when the site was accessed, indicating that the service operated over plain HTTP. The hosted page presented the title “Kiovex: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain,” aligning with the reported scam type of a crypto‑focused gambling scheme. Analysis of the site’s underlying code linked it to the publicly known Gambler Scam phishing kit, which is frequently used to harvest credentials for cryptocurrency wallets and to lure victims with false casino promotions.

Reputation signals reinforce the malicious characterization. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is listed as blocked by PhishDestroy. On VirusTotal, 13 of 93 scanned security vendors flagged the domain, providing independent confirmation of its abusive nature. The Gridinsoft trust score of 1 out of 100 further reflects an extremely low reputation. These indicators collectively suggest an active threat actor leveraged the domain to conduct a crypto‑scam phishing campaign before taking the site offline. While the site is no longer reachable, several uncertainties remain.

The exact timing of the phishing campaign, the volume of victims, and any associated command‑and‑control infrastructure have not been publicly disclosed. No SSL certificate was observed, but it is unclear whether the operator ever employed HTTPS. Additionally, the presence of only one blocklist entry may indicate limited detection coverage. Defenders should proactively block traffic to 188.114.97.