# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aave-pool.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-26 08:39:01 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aave-pool.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 89/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Aave ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: buck.ns.cloudflare.com, zita.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-20 Expires: 2027-05-20 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: CLOSED — no report required. This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file for audit but no formal notice was sent. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-05-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-24 22:56:23 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-06-26 08:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-25 03:04:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019efb6a-a5df-7128-9f18-8424e9457d00/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/aave-pool.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.aave-pool.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=aave-pool.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/aave-pool.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/aave-pool.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 19:09:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as an elevated-risk phishing site specializing in brand impersonation targeting Aave, a decentralized finance protocol. The site is designed to deceive users into disclosing sensitive credentials, including wallet private keys, recovery phrases, or platform login details, under the guise of legitimate Aave services. Analysis indicates the infrastructure was constructed to exploit trust in the Aave brand, likely for financial fraud or unauthorized access to cryptocurrency assets. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain aave-pool.com was registered on May 20, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolved to the IP address 188.114.96.3 and was issued a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which may have been used to lend an appearance of legitimacy. The domain was detected by 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears on one security blocklist. It was subsequently blocked by at least one threat intelligence feed and is currently offline, though historical resolution data suggests prior malicious hosting. Mitigation requires immediate action from security teams and end users. Network administrators should block the domain and associated IP at the perimeter, including DNS and web proxy layers. Security teams are advised to monitor for any residual resolution attempts or attempts to re-register the domain under a new TLD or registrar. End users who may have interacted with the site should revoke any connected wallet permissions, rotate credentials, and scan systems for malware. Given the domain's creation date in the future (2026), this may indicate either a data entry anomaly or an attempt to evade time-based detection rules; either way, it warrants heightened scrutiny of registrar activity and domain age anomalies in monitoring systems. ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates: - VirusTotal positive ratio - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus, CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB) - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor) - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.) - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording) - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures) - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...) - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal) - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record) - Human researcher sign-off (volunteer takedown team) A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite score and the individual indicators above, not just VT. ## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aave-pool.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aave-pool.com Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 170,151 domains (12,448 alive under monitoring, 157,076 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io