# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 08:35:28 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 88/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: wallet_connect_phish
Targeted brand: Aave (and: metamask)
Wallet drainer: Angel Drainer

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.55.193 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Web Commerce Communications Limited
Nameservers:     amit.ns.cloudflare.com, isabel.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-11-02
Expires:         2026-11-02
Page title:      Aave - Open Source Liquidity Protocol

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2025-11-02 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-11-04 03:42:42 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 08:20:45 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-02-23 03:15:03 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019a4cf5-274f-71be-833f-d3668f18fe98/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 18:31:34 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain poses a significant threat as a crypto drainer, specifically designed to trick users into divulging sensitive information, thereby draining their cryptocurrency accounts. The domain aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud was created on November 02, 2025, and is registered through Web Commerce Communications Limited, with 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagging it as malicious, and it currently appears on 1 security blocklist. 

 The evidence suggests that users should exercise extreme caution, as the lack of an SSL certificate and the use of the Angel Drainer kit indicate a high level of sophistication in the attack, and if they have visited this domain, they should immediately verify their accounts and transactions on PhishDestroy to ensure their cryptocurrency is safe, and take necessary steps to protect themselves from potential losses, considering the domain resolves to IP 104.21.55.193 and has been taken offline

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       56ab4a8a2e2a3a19309e85cf5f8229783c7c707c543b1cd57010209fc77bf6bf

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aave.com-api-gateway-connect-alpha.cloud
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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