# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aave.media
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Fetched:   2026-06-21 13:44:25 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aave.media/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Aave

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: SOCRadar
URLQuery:        2 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      45.9.148.81 (NL, Meppel)
Hosting org:     AS49447 Nice IT Services Group Inc.
Registrar:       Sav.com, LLC
Nameservers:     sloan.ns.cloudflare.com, zeus.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-15
Expires:         2027-06-15
Page title:      Aave - Open Source Liquidity Protocol
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-09-13
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 209f4f677643cd4ff2eba94700d94840bbaf521817c2ba021a6e1f9896d56656
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.aave.media

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-06-15 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-17 08:13:49 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-17 14:19:19 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-21 15:15:11 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ed435-ba1e-77e5-ac15-8a651e3a85ad/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/61d6bb0f-4df6-4c9a-ae2d-fb358b4b6779
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/aave.media
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.aave.media
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=aave.media
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/aave.media
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/aave.media/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:35:00 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.media as a site that poses a brand impersonation threat, where attackers attempt to deceive users into believing they are interacting with the legitimate Aave brand. 

 This domain was flagged due to several indicators, including being created on June 15, 2026, and having 3 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flag it as malicious, as well as resolving to the IP address 45.9.148.81 and being registered through Sav.com, LLC. 

 If a user has visited this site, they should immediately check their accounts for any suspicious activity and consider changing their passwords, as the site appears on 3 security blocklists and has a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, indicating that it may be attempting to appear legitimate, with the unique seed b66bc5 highlighting the need for caution when interacting with this domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260617-D1433F
Favicon MD5:       9871e69b95beccfff5b48e42b0622f6a
TLS cert SHA-256:      209f4f677643cd4ff2eba94700d94840bbaf521817c2ba021a6e1f9896d56656

## 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.media/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aave.media
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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