distribution-chainiink[.]live

On 21 February 2026 the domain distribution-chainiink.live was registered through OwnRegistrar, Inc. The site’s sole visible element is a page title “Chainlink: The backbone of blockchain.” despite the domain’s claim to impersonate the Aave brand and to promote a fake airdrop. The SSL certificate is identified only as “WE1”, providing no assurance of strong encryption. Hosting resolves to the IPv6 address 2606:4700:3030::6815:b1e, which is owned by Cloudflare, Inc. (AS13335) and geolocated to the United States.

The domain’s trust score from Gridinsoft is 0 / 100, indicating a complete lack of reputation. Five of ninety‑five VirusTotal scanners flagged the domain, and it is listed on five external security blocklists, including PhishDestroy, ScamSniffer, Polkadot, Enkrypt and Codeesura. The site is currently taken offline, and no HTTP response body is available for deeper content analysis.

Evidence confirms that the domain is being used for brand impersonation of Aave in a fake‑airdrop scheme, but the exact phishing kit or payload has not been observed. Defenders should continue to block the domain across network filters, monitor DNS queries for the associated Cloudflare‑hosted IPv6 address, and add the domain to internal blacklists. Because the registration is recent and the hosting is behind a CDN, threat actors may repurpose the same infrastructure for future campaigns; continuous watch‑list updates and periodic re‑resolution of the domain are recommended.