# PhishDestroy threat dossier — faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-23 03:10:18 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange Targeted brand: Aave ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/94 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, LevelBlue ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.66.44.108 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. Nameservers: albert.ns.cloudflare.com, marissa.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-19 Page title: AAVE Protocol & AAVE wallet ® Guide | Login, Exchange, Troubleshooting HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-07-05 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8caaca64b362165985b6a286f414a1fc9d25b243a13216b5715f54a53dfcdbf3 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-19 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-19 08:54:40 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-21 16:09:58 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019da44d-04f1-75df-8e92-6dc58180da34/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-19 08:55:13 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev as an active brand impersonation scam targeting Aave users. The domain mimics official Aave documentation to deceive visitors into entering sensitive credentials or cryptocurrency wallet information. This threat is designed to exploit trust in the Aave brand to facilitate credential theft and potential fund drains. The site leverages Cloudflare Pages for hosting under a Google-issued SSL certificate, increasing its appearance of legitimacy. This domain exhibits multiple red flags confirming malicious intent. VirusTotal currently flags it with 0/95 detections, indicating it remains undetected by most antivirus engines despite its active campaign. Registered through Cloudflare, Inc., the domain resolved to IP 172.66.44.108 at the time of investigation. The pages.dev subdomain structure suggests an attempt to blend with legitimate documentation sites, while the Google Trust Services SSL certificate provides a false sense of security. All indicators point toward an ongoing credential harvesting operation targeting Aave users. Users who visited this domain should immediately cease interaction and assess any exposed credentials. If wallet connections or private keys were entered, revoke permissions and transfer funds to a new wallet. Clear browser cache and cookies, run a malware scan, and monitor financial accounts for suspicious activity. Report the domain to Aave’s official security channels and block it at the network level. This domain remains active as of this investigation and should be treated as a high-risk threat. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 2/94 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 8caaca64b362165985b6a286f414a1fc9d25b243a13216b5715f54a53dfcdbf3 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=faq-aave-protocol.pages.dev Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io