avave[.]cc

avave.cc was registered on 21 February 2026 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and resolves to 188.114.96.3, an IP owned by Cloudflare, Inc. (AS13335) located in the United States. The domain is served via Cloudflare with HTTP/3 enabled and presents a Google Trust Services / WE1 TLS certificate. DNS resolution uses the Cloudflare nameservers coen.ns.cloudflare.com and edna.ns.cloudflare.com. HTTP requests receive a 302 redirect and the page title returned is "avave.cc | 522: Connection timed out", indicating that the site is currently unavailable but the infrastructure remains active. Malware analysis services have flagged the domain; five of ninety‑three VirusTotal scanners reported it as malicious, and it appears on one public blocklist. The domain is listed as a brand‑impersonation campaign targeting Aave and is currently blocked by PhishDestroy. The risk rating is high, and the domain is still active despite the timeout response. Defenders should add avave.cc to URL filtering and DNS block lists, monitor outbound traffic for connections to the 188.114.96.3 address, and enforce TLS inspection to capture the redirect behavior. Because the site currently returns a Cloudflare‑generated timeout page, any future activation may serve credential‑harvesting pages that mimic Aave’s branding, so continuous monitoring of the domain’s TLS certificate and HTTP response codes is recommended. Correlation with the five VirusTotal detections can provide additional indicators for endpoint protection rules. Organizations using Aave services should alert users to the existence of this impersonation attempt and advise verification of URLs before credential entry.