zapieex-smart[.]com

Analysis of zapieex-smart.com, created on October 23, 2025 and currently taken offline, shows a clear pattern of brand impersonation targeting the Argent brand. The domain resolves to IP address 188.114.96.3, which is hosted in the United States and is associated with AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.). DNS resolution uses Cloudflare name servers dana.ns.cloudflare.com and garrett.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating the infrastructure is leveraging a widely used content delivery network. No SSL certificate is presented for the domain, leaving HTTP connections unencrypted.

Registration was performed through Name SRS AB, a registrar known for handling bulk registrations. The site’s page title – “ZapieExSmart - Plateforme officielle | Trading IA 2025 | Plus de 10 000 avis” – suggests a fraudulent financial‑services narrative, yet the content has not been publicly examined because the domain is offline. Threat intelligence sources corroborate malicious use: the domain appears on one security blocklist and is listed by PhishDestroy as a blocked resource. AlienVault OTX records a single pulse referencing the domain, and VirusTotal reports that 10 of 95 scanned security vendors flag it as malicious, reinforcing the elevated risk assessment.

Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, indicating the lowest confidence in legitimacy. While the lack of an SSL certificate and the offline status limit immediate observation of payloads or redirects, the combination of brand impersonation, low trust score, multiple vendor detections, and inclusion on blocklists provides strong evidence of malicious intent. Defenders should continue to block the domain at network perimeter devices, update URL filtering and DNS threat feeds, and monitor for any re‑registration attempts. Incident response teams should also inspect outbound traffic for connections to 188.114.96.