winstorm[.]online

Analysis of winstorm.online, registered on August 18 2025 through Spaceship, Inc., shows the site was hosted on Cloudflare (AS13335) and resolved to 104.21.13.141, an address located in the United States. The domain employed Cloudflare’s default name servers albert.ns.cloudflare.com and elisabeth.ns.cloudflare.com. No TLS certificate was presented, indicating the site operated without HTTPS protection. The page title returned “Winstorm: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain,” matching the reported scam type of a crypto‑focused gambling fraud.

The infrastructure was identified as a “Gambler Scam” kit, and the site was classified as a generic phishing operation targeting cryptocurrency users. VirusTotal scans recorded 11 detections out of 93 security vendors, and the domain appears on a single public blocklist. PhishDestroy has also listed the domain, while Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0 out of 100, reflecting a high confidence of malicious intent.

As of the reporting date (July 25 2026) the site is taken offline, but the observed indicators remain useful for detection and remediation. Defenders should block the resolved IP address 104.21.13.141, add winstorm.online to URL filtering rules, and monitor for any re‑registration or reuse of the same name servers. Continuous observation of Cloudflare‑hosted assets and periodic re‑scanning with multi‑vendor engines are recommended to catch any resurrection of the campaign.