# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pro-aave.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-07-04 18:18:57 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pro-aave.xyz/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 70/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Targeted brand: Aave

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.24.28 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!!
NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with
illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict

Nameservers:     ["alla.ns.cloudflare.com", "anirban.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-05-18
Expires:         2027-05-18
Page title:      Aave - Open Source Liquidity Protocol

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-08-16
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 8f23c6534fb5916201a869bd8f9ac835c5c200297ae79a18fb7c8351a9d01f9d

## 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: 2026-05-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-27 21:30:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 06:40:39 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-04 16:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-08 01:37:50 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:49:29 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies pro-aave.xyz as an elevated risk due to its brand impersonation threat, specifically targeting Aave, which could lead to significant financial losses for unsuspecting users. 

This domain was flagged by 3 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and it was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, with an IP address of 104.21.24.28, created on May 18, 2026, and appears on 2 security blocklists, indicating a potentially malicious intent, further supported by its SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt with the identifier E7.

To mitigate the risks associated with pro-aave.xyz, users should exercise extreme caution and verify the authenticity of any website claiming to be Aave, especially when dealing with financial transactions, and consider using reputable security tools to check for potential threats, as this domain's offline status may not necessarily mean it is no longer a threat, and its ability to impersonate a well-known crypto brand makes it a significant risk to users who may unknowingly interact with it.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       f3418a443e7d841097c714d69ec4bcb8
TLS cert SHA-256:      8f23c6534fb5916201a869bd8f9ac835c5c200297ae79a18fb7c8351a9d01f9d

## 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/pro-aave.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pro-aave.xyz
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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