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“Hello there, human!”

Threat verdict Critical 77/100 evidence score
Availability Content unavailable Content was unavailable in the latest observation
VirusTotal detections: 9/89 Brand impersonation: Ledger
Sep 10, 2026 Ledger CDN
Actions API
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This domain has been flagged as malicious
Security engines reporting a detection: 9. Exercise extreme caution — do not enter credentials or personal information.

Evidence Summary

CRITICAL
Score
77/100

appledger.readme.io is a subdomain of readme.io. PhishDestroy first observed the hostname on Sep 10, 2026. The hostname explicitly references Ledger; stored content metadata identifies the same apparent target. The captured page title is “Hello there, human!”. Stored page analysis classifies the content as impersonation. Current evidence score: 77/100 (critical).

One source contains a positive finding: VirusTotal. VirusTotal recorded 9 detections among 89 engines: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Netcraft, Webroot on Sep 14, 2026 at 02:08 UTC. Non-positive and contextual checks: The separate external-blocklist snapshot contained no matches on Sep 20, 2026 at 22:20 UTC. Google Safe Browsing returned no flag on Sep 16, 2026 at 04:00 UTC. URLScan completed without a malicious verdict (score 0) on Sep 11, 2026 at 03:30 UTC.

HTTP 404 was recorded on Sep 19, 2026 at 01:15 UTC; content was unavailable. Registration records for the registrable domain readme.io list 1API GmbH as the registrar and May 17, 2011 as the creation date. At collection time, the hostname resolved to 104.16.241.118 on AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.). The IP and ASN identify shared Cloudflare edge infrastructure; the origin server is not established by this address. DOM analysis on Sep 10, 2026 at 18:22 UTC returned 63/100. The evidence archive retains 2 visual captures from PhishDestroy and URLScan. TLS metadata lists Google Trust Services / WE1 as the certificate issuer with validity through Dec 7, 2026; checked Sep 10, 2026 at 16:02 UTC.

Stored content provides classification context, but only one source contains a positive finding.

VirusTotal
VirusTotal
9 det.
URLScan
URLScan
TLS Certificate
Google Trust Services / WE1
Age
15.4 yr
Observed status
Content unavailable 404
PhishDestroy
DestroyList
Listed
Data coverage VirusTotal 9 / 89 OTX no community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture stored report URLScan verdict Analysis completed TLS valid certificate, 77d WHOIS 187 mo old Screenshot 2 captures · 2 sources

Forensic History & Detection Timeline

This timeline displays historical security and status checkpoints observed by the PhishDestroy automated monitoring network. It records domain lifecycle updates, scanner changes, and threat telemetry over time.
  1. Domain Status Transition Sep 13, 2026 · 00:18 UTC
    Domain state transitioned from dead to alive.
  2. Domain Status Transition Sep 12, 2026 · 12:09 UTC
    Domain state transitioned from alive to dead.
  3. Threat First Observed Sep 10, 2026 · 17:45 UTC
    Domain ingestion complete. Initial state is marked as alive pointing to IP 104.16.241.118.

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery
Checks
Reports
Availability
14/15

Public Blocklist Status

Evasion analysis

Cloaking & traffic-distribution check

Stored crawler-versus-browser observations for this host, plus a live fingerprint check for Keitaro-style traffic distribution systems.

Stored cloaking flag
Not yet scanned
Last cloaking scan
Server header seen by scanner
cloudflare

Scanner note: dead_http: raw=http_404; http=404; via=https_proxy; server=cloudflare

Live TDS fingerprint check
Seven Keitaro fingerprints plus a crawler-versus-browser comparison, run from the PhishDestroy scanner when this section scrolls into view.
Waiting

Stored Capture · 2 sources

Domain Intelligence

Domain
URLScan Verdict Analysis completed score 0 report ↗
Server / ASN cloudflare · AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
IP Context Cloudflare shared edge origin IP hidden Edge-IP reputation is not attributed to this domain.
Registrar (base domain) 1API
IP Address 104.16.241.118 CDN
GeoCA Toronto, CA
NetworkAS13335 · Cloudflare, Inc.
The origin IP is hidden behind a CDN proxy. Reverse-IP results for the edge address contain unrelated tenants; finding the origin requires passive DNS or certificate-transparency data.
Registration (base domain)readme.io · Created May 17, 2011 Expires May 17, 2027
HTTP Status404 Not Found
Time to First Unavailability 42h
What we count Elapsed time from the first stored abuse report to the first observation that the content was unavailable. This does not establish the cause.
What each report contains Stored outgoing-report records may reference evidence available at the time, such as vendor verdicts, registration data, hosting details, classifications, or screenshots. This page does not infer the exact payload delivered, receipt, acknowledgement, or action by a recipient.
Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps
First DetectedSep 10, 2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed Sep 10, 2026score 63/1001 brand signal
IoC Extractionscanned Sep 10, 20260 wallet · 0 Telegram IoCs
Submitted URLhttps://appledger.readme.io/
Nameserversjeremy.ns.cloudflare.comuma.ns.cloudflare.com
TLS Fingerprint
TLS Observationvalid from Sep 8, 2026scanned Sep 10, 2026
TLS SAN Domainsreadme.io
Favicon Hash
Page Title
Hello there, human!
Impersonates
Ledger
TLS Certificate
Valid transport encryption · Issued by Google Trust Services / WE1 · valid for 77 days
Technologies · 5 identified
Detected via Cloudflare Radar · Wappalyzer engine
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VirusTotal Analysis

9 / 89 security vendors flagged this domain
View on VT
Last analyzed First positive detection Previous stored snapshot: 4 detections
alphaMountain.ai
CRDF
Emsisoft
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Fortinet
Gridinsoft
Lionic
Netcraft
Webroot
Site Performance Analysis

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of appledger.readme.io · checked Sep 10, 2026

42
Poor
Performance
FCP
5.87s
First Contentful Paint
LCP
6.32s
Largest Contentful Paint
CLS
0.027
Cumulative Layout Shift
TBT
882ms
Total Blocking Time
SI
5.87s
Speed Index
Powered by Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile strategy · Scores: 90-100 Good 50-89 Needs Work 0-49 Poor

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