# PhishDestroy threat dossier — started-aave-protocol.pages.dev
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Fetched:   2026-04-23 03:07:33 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/started-aave-protocol.pages.dev/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Aave

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, LevelBlue

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     carmelo.ns.cloudflare.com, gracie.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-20
Page title:      AAVE Protocol® Guide: Getting Started, Features & Troubleshooting
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-07-19
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: fc22cfe53520d5644e400113e46bf967ba512d41e411cf9346814ec0084a2f4e

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-04-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-20 17:54:32 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-22 19:40:13 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019dab61-4d71-72d8-9946-c745da26b984/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/started-aave-protocol.pages.dev
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.started-aave-protocol.pages.dev
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=started-aave-protocol.pages.dev
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/started-aave-protocol.pages.dev
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/started-aave-protocol.pages.dev/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-20 17:54:54 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies the active domain started-aave-protocol.pages.dev as a crypto-draining impersonation of the Aave protocol.

This domain was flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors at the time of analysis, uses a Google Trust Services SSL certificate, and is registered through Cloudflare, Inc. It resolves to IP 188.114.96.3 and serves content designed to steal cryptocurrency by mimicking the legitimate Aave interface.

Current status remains active and under investigation. Users are advised to avoid the domain, verify URLs with official Aave channels, and report any interactions to PhishDestroy for further analysis. Blocking the IP 188.114.96.3 at the network perimeter is recommended until the threat is neutralized.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/94 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      fc22cfe53520d5644e400113e46bf967ba512d41e411cf9346814ec0084a2f4e

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/started-aave-protocol.pages.dev/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=started-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

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