reward-ape[.]org

The domain reward-ape.org was registered on August 13, 2025 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and is presently taken offline. Infrastructure analysis shows the domain resolved to the IPv4 address 42.112.24.72, which belongs to the AS18403 FPT Telecom Company network in Vietnam. The authoritative nameservers listed are felicity.ns.cloudflare.com and julissa.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating the use of Cloudflare DNS services. No TLS certificate was observed, meaning HTTPS connections are unavailable and any traffic would be forced over HTTP. The site’s visible page title, captured before takedown, reads "Thể Thao 247 - MXH Thể thao, Bóng đá mới nhất cập nhật 24/7," a Vietnamese sports‑related phrase that bears no apparent connection to the advertised brand.

The domain is flagged as an Adobe impersonation campaign employing a fake airdrop lure, as indicated by the "Impersonates: adobe" and "Scam type: Fake Airdrop" entries. Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0 out of 100, and the domain appears on a single security blocklist. VirusTotal scans reported five detections out of ninety‑five submitted security vendors, confirming that multiple scanners identified malicious characteristics. The domain was also blocked by the PhishDestroy filtering service.

Risk is assessed as elevated, reflecting the combination of brand impersonation, low trust score, and multiple vendor detections. Defenders should continue to block reward-ape.org at network perimeter devices, update URL filtering policies, and monitor for any resurgence of the domain or associated IP address. Because the content was hosted behind Cloudflare DNS, threat actors could repoint the domain to a new IP without altering registration details, so watch for fresh DNS resolutions.