# PhishDestroy threat dossier — maker-mkr-dao.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 14:03:01 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/maker-mkr-dao.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: MakerDAO ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC Nameservers: clark.ns.cloudflare.com, ryleigh.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-12-12 Expires: 2026-12-12 Page title: MakerDAO (MKR) | Dai Stablecoin & DeFi Governance HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 4da24ff5010af1bd14d6542efb566b42645b53ae95f77b9d53dceff75ee1129e ## 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: 2025-12-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 06:35:11 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 07:52:21 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 12:26:00 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa2b1-89ad-7508-8043-07f83a30a5f3/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/abd40e38-17c7-4bd1-8211-3eea3e625623 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/maker-mkr-dao.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.maker-mkr-dao.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=maker-mkr-dao.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/maker-mkr-dao.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/maker-mkr-dao.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 06:38:32 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is maker-mkr-dao.com a phishing site? The domain maker-mkr-dao.com was registered on 12 December 2025 through Namecheap Inc. It is hosted on Cloudflare DNS infrastructure, using the authoritative nameservers clark.ns.cloudflare.com and ryleigh.ns.cloudflare.com, and resolves to the IPv4 address 188.114.97.3. Multiple security products have already taken defensive action: PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL list the domain as blocked, and it appears on three external blocklists. VirusTotal analysis shows that three out of ninety‑one scanning engines flagged the domain, indicating the presence of malicious indicators despite a relatively low detection ratio. The domain remains active as of the report date, 27 July 2026, and no public takedown has been recorded. These data points collectively suggest that maker-mkr-dao.com is being used for a generic phishing campaign. The lack of additional context—such as the page title, SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, or observed payloads—prevents a deeper attribution of the specific phishing vector or victim profile. However, the combination of recent registration, Cloudflare‑based hosting, and early detection by multiple anti‑phishing tools aligns with typical infrastructure patterns observed in fast‑flux or short‑lived phishing operations. Defenders should prioritize immediate containment. Network‑level filters should be updated to deny outbound connections to 188.114.97.3 and to block DNS resolution of the domain. Endpoint protection suites should be instructed to treat any URLs containing maker-mkr-dao.com as malicious, and email gateways should quarantine messages that reference the domain. Continuous monitoring of DNS queries for the domain and periodic re‑scans on VirusTotal or similar platforms are recommended to capture any evolution in the threat profile. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-DBCDD6 Favicon MD5: e701f6eeabfe65275297cb1f8ca7d465 TLS cert SHA-256: 4da24ff5010af1bd14d6542efb566b42645b53ae95f77b9d53dceff75ee1129e ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/maker-mkr-dao.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=maker-mkr-dao.com 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 195,478 domains (83,245 alive under monitoring, 109,716 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io