# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aave.com-v3-api.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-30 17:47:58 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aave.com-v3-api.com/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet
URLQuery:        -1 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      401 Authorization Required

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:19:51 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:19:51 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-30 16:21:16 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-07 03:29:26 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/0199b75e-16d4-71dd-bf93-f0af4ff950ce/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/aave.com-v3-api.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.aave.com-v3-api.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=aave.com-v3-api.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/aave.com-v3-api.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/aave.com-v3-api.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-08 15:56:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

aave.com-v3-api.com Phishing Intelligence Report - PhishDestroy

The domain aave.com-v3-api.com presented a page title of "401 Authorization Required" and was identified as impersonating the Aave brand in a cryptocurrency scam. The threat posed by this site was phishing or credential harvesting, as it likely attempted to deceive users into providing sensitive information under the guise of Aave's API or authorization portal.

Technical analysis from VirusTotal shows 6 out of 95 vendors flagged the domain as malicious, with detections from ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, and Forcepoint ThreatSeeker. The domain was hosted on IP address 188.114.97.3 in the United States, under AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. It was created on 2026-02-21 and used an SSL certificate designated as WE1. Two blocklists also recorded the domain.

The site is currently offline and inaccessible, rated with a domain risk score of 63. This indicates a moderate to high risk, though its inactive status reduces immediate user exposure.

## 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 (operator 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-v3-api.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aave.com-v3-api.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

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