ripmacien[.]co[.]com

Analysis as of July 23, 2026 indicates that the domain ripmacien.co.com has been taken offline but retains indicators of a recent brand‑impersonation campaign targeting Aave. The domain was registered on February 21, 2026 and resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3, which belongs to Cloudflare, Inc. (AS13335) and is geolocated in the United States. The site served an SSL certificate identified as “WE1”, suggesting a low‑quality or self‑signed certificate. The only page title observed is “Aave Digital Assets Group – Leading DeFi Investment & Development Solutions”, directly referencing the Aave brand and reinforcing the impersonation intent. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and has been flagged by PhishDestroy, confirming its classification as a crypto‑related scam.

Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, indicating an extremely low confidence in legitimacy. VirusTotal reports that one of ninety‑three scanning engines flagged the domain, providing a minimal but concrete detection signal. No additional public threat‑intel sources such as OTX or Safe Browsing entries are listed in the supplied data. Given the limited but concrete evidence, defenders should treat ripmacien.co.com as a high‑confidence indicator of a brand‑impersonation attempt against Aave users. Network‑level controls should be updated to block traffic to the IP 188.114.97.3 and to the domain name itself.

Email gateways and web‑proxy filters should incorporate the domain into deny lists, especially for users who interact with DeFi platforms. Continuous monitoring of Cloudflare‑hosted IP ranges for similar newly created domains is advised, as the attacker appears to rely on shared hosting services. Although the site is currently offline, its recent creation date and the presence of a brand‑specific page title suggest that the infrastructure could be re‑used for future campaigns.