monref[.]xyz

Analysis of the domain monref.xyz indicates it is a confirmed phishing site impersonating Monad, a blockchain platform. The domain was registered on December 2, 2025, through Name.com, Inc., and was taken offline by the time of this assessment on July 23, 2026. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain resolved to the IP address 35.157.26.135, hosted on Amazon Web Services (AS16509) in Germany. No SSL certificate was present, which is atypical for legitimate financial or blockchain services and increases exposure to interception risks.

The page title, 'Monad Gas Refund Vault,' directly references Monad and suggests a fraudulent scheme targeting users with promises of gas fee refunds, a common tactic in wallet or seed phishing scams. This aligns with the scam type classification in threat intelligence feeds. The domain appears on at least one security blocklist and is flagged by 16 of 95 security vendors in VirusTotal, indicating broad detection despite its recent creation. GridinSoft assigned a trust score of 0/100, further corroborating its malicious classification.

While the domain is currently offline, defenders should treat any prior resolution or historical activity as high-risk. Organizations should block the domain and its associated IP at the network level and monitor for related infrastructure, such as the nameservers (dns1.p05.nsone.net through dns4.p05.nsone.net), which may be reused in future campaigns. Users who interacted with the site should assume credential or seed phrase exposure and take immediate remediation steps, including revoking wallet access and monitoring for unauthorized transactions. The absence of an SSL certificate and the use of a generic hosting provider underscore the low-effort nature of the operation, though this does not diminish its potential impact on targeted victims.