# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.cloud
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 06:24:43 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.cloud/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 79/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Aave

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.185.110 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Web Commerce Communications Limited
Nameservers:     harmony.ns.cloudflare.com, ridge.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-10-31
Expires:         2026-10-31
Page title:      Access Denied
HTTP response:   530

## 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: 2025-10-31 (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:    2025-11-01 12:56:59 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 04:15:44 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/019a3f7d-8753-7088-9bb4-e5ba7a6dae55/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.cloud
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.cloud
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.cloud
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.cloud
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.cloud/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 05:48:05 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.cloud as a low-risk crypto drainer domain that was designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet credentials. Although currently offline, this domain posed a threat by attempting to trick users into giving up sensitive wallet access information.

This phishing domain masqueraded as a legitimate API gateway related to Aave, a popular crypto platform, to lure victims into entering their wallet details. The goal was to drain cryptocurrency funds directly from compromised wallets. The site was flagged on two security blocklists and identified by 2 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating some recognition of its malicious intent.

If you visited this domain, it is critical to immediately check your crypto wallets for unauthorized transactions and change any associated passwords or private keys. Avoid interacting with suspicious domains and always verify URLs carefully. PhishDestroy recommends using trusted security tools to monitor and protect your assets from similar emerging threats.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       2e8deb28946a6b41ccb927eaa43bbaa78ea82cef39a40638f2e5afa8e90e73ca

## 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-wallets-v1-edge.cloud/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aave.com-api-gateway-wallets-v1-edge.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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