# PhishDestroy threat dossier — survey-aave.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-23 13:03:06 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/survey-aave.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Aave ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 13/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 76.223.54.146 (US, Seattle) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: AWS Global Accelerator (GLOBAL) Registrar: GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com Nameservers: ["ns5.afternic.com", "ns6.afternic.com", "verification-gakbzzzqmt6gkcplw4efpp.ns101.verify.hn"] HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: GoDaddy.com / GoDaddy TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1 Expires: 2027-01-16 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 7e46d7ce271d8a20d784fd1056da7eda2550e4f41e7921fe84f61e8025cb62c7 ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-19 12:38:18 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-23 12:22:23 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-20 00:33:13 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] survey-aave.xyz — Aave Brand Impersonation Phishing Report As of July 19, 2026, the domain survey-aave.xyz remains an active high-risk phishing infrastructure impersonating Aave, a decentralized finance protocol. Registered through GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com, the domain resolves to 76.223.54.146, an IP address geolocated to the United States and associated with AWS Global Accelerator. Infrastructure analysis reveals the use of nameservers ns5.afternic.com and ns6.afternic.com, alongside a custom verification nameserver (verification-gakbzzzqmt6gkcplw4efpp.ns), which may indicate domain validation mechanisms or defensive evasion tactics. The domain is flagged by 13 of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears in two AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulses. It is currently listed on three security blocklists and explicitly blocked by PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, corroborating its classification as a brand impersonation scam. The SSL certificate, issued by GoDaddy.com (GoDaddy TLS Intermediate CA DV - R1v1), suggests standard encryption practices but does not mitigate the domain's malicious intent. While the exact content of the site remains unanalyzed, the domain's naming convention (survey-aave.xyz) and its designation as a brand impersonation scam strongly indicate an attempt to deceive users into interacting with fraudulent Aave-related services. Defenders should treat this domain as hostile infrastructure and prioritize blocking or monitoring its resolution and associated IP address. Further investigation into the custom nameserver and its potential ties to other malicious domains may yield additional insights into the threat actor's operational patterns. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 7e46d7ce271d8a20d784fd1056da7eda2550e4f41e7921fe84f61e8025cb62c7 ## 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/survey-aave.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=survey-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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 188,735 domains (58,384 alive under monitoring, 128,729 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io