# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aeve.app
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Fetched:   2026-07-31 13:02:39 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aeve.app/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 72/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Wallet/Seed Phishing
Targeted brand: aave (and: ethereum, metamask)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.16.1 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       OwnRegistrar Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Expires:         2026-09-04
Page title:      Aave - Open Source Liquidity Protocol

## 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 23:23:29 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:23:29 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-31 12:21:22 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-04 04:53:19 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/01992841-d0fc-7019-b031-b7dfe25e2aff/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/65741682-a390-4628-bab6-e26dc725eecd
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/aeve.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.aeve.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=aeve.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/aeve.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/aeve.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-08 15:57:01 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

aeve.app Phishing Intelligence Report - PhishDestroy

The domain aeve.app is a confirmed phishing site engaged in brand impersonation targeting users of the cryptocurrency protocol Aave. It presents itself as the legitimate Aave platform to deceive victims into disclosing wallet credentials or interacting with malicious smart contracts, though no active drainer kit was detected. As of the latest verification, aeve.app has been taken offline, but prior activity classified it as an elevated-risk cryptocurrency scam.

Technical indicators confirm the malicious nature of aeve.app. The domain was flagged by 5 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, including alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, and CyRadar, and appears on 1 security blocklist (PhishDestroy). Registered through OwnRegistrar Inc. on September 04, 2025, it resolved to the IP address 104.21.16.1, hosted on Cloudflare's infrastructure in the US. The SSL certificate was issued by WE1, and the observed page title mimicked Aave's official branding ('Aave - Open Source Liquidity Protocol'). Google Safe Browsing did not flag the domain, and Gridinsoft assigned it a trust score of 0/100.

Users who interacted with aeve.app should immediately revoke any token approvals granted to unknown contracts and transfer remaining funds to a new, secure wallet. If login credentials were entered, change passwords on the legitimate Aave platform and enable two-factor authentication. Report the domain to the impersonated brand (Aave) and submit it to platforms like PhishTank or Google Safe Browsing to aid in broader takedown efforts.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 5/93 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## 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/aeve.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aeve.app
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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