Domain security and threat intelligence

cardanofoundationdesktop[.]app

“Cardano Desktop — Securely Manage ADA, Stake”

Threat verdict Critical 89/100 evidence score

Availability Cloaked · reachable Reachability observed through cloaking checks

Risk signals

VirusTotal detections: 13/91 Brand impersonation: Genericcrypto Last known active

Mar 23, 2026 Genericcrypto CDN

Evidence Summary

CRITICAL

This report details the domain www.cardanofoundationdesktop.app, identified as a cryptocurrency scam. The site falsely claimed to be "Cardano Desktop — Securely Manage ADA, Stake," impersonating the legitimate Cardano Foundation to deceive users into connecting their cryptocurrency wallets. The primary threat is credential theft and unauthorized asset transfer through a fake blockchain interface.

Technical analysis reveals the domain was flagged by 7 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors and appeared on 1 blocklist. The domain was registered via Vercel Inc and hosted at IP address 216.150.1.65 in the United States, also associated with Vercel, Inc. The SSL certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt (R13). GridinSoft assigned a trust score of 0 out of 100, and the domain risk score was 78. Cloaking was detected, with a status split indicating deceptive content delivery.

The domain is currently offline. Based on the high detection rate, low trust score, and confirmed scam type, the risk level is high. Users should avoid any interaction with this domain and exercise caution with similar impersonation attempts.

VirusTotal

13 det.

DNS Security

2/14

URLScan

Report ↗

TLS Certificate

Let's Encrypt

Observed status

Cloaked · reachable

DestroyList

Listed

Data coverage VirusTotal 13 / 91 URLQuery checked — no detections recorded PhishStats checked — no match recorded OTX no community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture stored report URLScan verdict malicious DNS blocks 2/14 TLS valid certificate, 88d WHOIS not parsed Screenshot 3 captures · 3 sources Redirect chain not probed

Network Security Intelligence

DNS Provider Blocks 2 / 14

Brand Cardano Brand Foundation

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery

Checks

Reports

Availability

11/13

URLScan.io Capture

Stored URLScan report with capture artifacts

URLScan Verdict

URLScan returned a malicious verdict · score 100

Jul 29, 2026

Cloudflare Radar Report

A stored Cloudflare Radar report is available. The report link alone is not a malicious verdict and does not prove that every network field was captured.

VirusTotal

13/91 recorded on VirusTotal

Aug 12, 2026

Google Safe Browsing

Checked via Google Transparency Report

Mar 23, 2026

DNS Security Blocks

Blocked by 2 of 14 checked DNS providers: Brand cardano, Brand foundation

Brand Impersonation

Impersonation of Genericcrypto

Forensic Evidence Collected

Stored evidence from URLScan.io, URLQuery, stored screenshot

Technical Analysis Recorded

The report contains stored technology or forensic-analysis results.

Aug 17, 2026

Public Blocklist Status

Stored Capture

Screenshot of cardanofoundationdesktop.app — **URLScan capture**Capture time unavailable 2 / 3

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Page Title

Cardano Desktop — Securely Manage ADA, Stake

TLS Certificate

Valid transport encryption · Issued by Let's Encrypt · valid for 88 days

Domain Intelligence

Domain

URLScan Verdict Malicious score 100 Phishing report ↗

Telegram IoCs 1 extracted https://t.me/Cardano

Server / ASN Vercel · AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.

IP Context Vercel shared edge origin IP hidden Edge-IP reputation is not attributed to this domain.

Registrar Vercel

(US)

ICANN RegistryOfficial ICANN accredited-registrars →

WHOIS LookupICANN RDAP for cardanofoundationdesktop.app →

IP Address 216.150.1.65 CDN

Geo

Walnut, US

NetworkAS16509 · Vercel, Inc

Reverse IPviewdns.info → rapiddns.io →

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.

Cloaking Cloaking Detected Status split · score 1/6

unavailable: raw=proxy_error; http=0; via=http_proxy; error=HTTPConnectionPool(host='103.75.228.144', port=6223): Max retries exceeded with url: http://www.cardanofoundationdesktop

checked Aug 17, 2026

Elapsed Since First Report 50 days

What we count Raw elapsed time since the first stored abuse report. It is not a registrar response-time measurement. Latest observed status: Cloaked · reachable.

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 DetectedMar 23, 2026

IoC Extractionscanned Jul 29, 20260 wallet · 1 Telegram IoC

Submitted URLhttp://www.cardanofoundationdesktop.app/

TLS Fingerprint

TLS Observationvalid from Mar 21, 2026scanned Mar 25, 2026

Favicon Hash

Case ID

ICANN OVERSIGHT

Accreditation and RAA context

Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations

For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.

Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.

RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.

Accreditation is a contract, not a safety seal. Verify ICANN fees Read RAA §3.18 PHISHDESTROY INVESTIGATIONICANN funding, contracts, and DNS abuse oversight

Accountability draft Nothing is sent automatically.

Technologies · 3 identified

Vercel

PaaS CDN

Cloud platform for frontend deployment, optimized for Next.js.

LiveChat

HSTS

Security

HTTP Strict Transport Security — forces browsers to use HTTPS connections only.

Detected via Cloudflare Radar · Wappalyzer engine

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VirusTotal Analysis

13 / 91 security vendors flagged this domain

View on VT

Last analyzed 2026-08-12 04:22:44 UTC Previous stored snapshot: 13 detections

alphaMountain.ai

Bfore.Ai PreCrime

BitDefender

Chong Lua Dao

CyRadar

ESET

Fortinet

G-Data

Gridinsoft

Kaspersky

Lionic

Sophos

VIPRE

Site Performance Analysis

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of cardanofoundationdesktop.app · checked Mar 23, 2026

Good

Performance

FCP

1.71s

First Contentful Paint

LCP

1.73s

Largest Contentful Paint

CLS

0.013

Cumulative Layout Shift

TBT

43ms

Total Blocking Time

1.71s

Speed Index

Evidence & External Reports

Security Analysis

URLScan Malicious VirusTotal 13 det. ChainPatrol URLQuery Analyzed Gridinsoft SSL Labs Stored TLS valid CF Radar Open report DNS Security 2/14 WOT ScamAdviser Blacklist Checker URLVoid Sucuri SiteCheck MDN Observatory

OSINT & Intelligence

Web-Check Full scan SOCRadar Dark web report LeakIX Leak search Shodan Censys ThreatFox Hudson Rock Sign-in search IntelX crt.sh Certs WHOIS Wayback

DNS & Network

nslookup.io DNS bgp.tools ASN/Route

SEO & Domain

SpyFu Moz DA/PA Ahrefs Backlinks Deep Analysis

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cardanofoundationdesktop[.]app

Threat Response Pipeline

Public Blocklist Status

Stored Capture