kerneldao-launchpad[.]com

The domain kerneldao-launchpad.com was registered on September 07, 2025 through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com and is currently taken offline. The site presented the page title "KernelDAO – Earn Rewards on Ethereum, BTC & BNB | Kelp, Gain & Kernel," explicitly referencing Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, which aligns with the recorded impersonation of the Ethereum brand. The SSL certificate associated with the domain is identified as "WE1," and the site was flagged by two of ninety‑three VirusTotal scanners, indicating that at least a small subset of security vendors detected malicious characteristics.

The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is actively blocked by PhishDestroy, reflecting acknowledgment of its malicious nature by external threat‑intelligence sources. Trust metrics are low: Gridinsoft assigns a score of 0 out of 100, and Scamadviser rates the site at 26 out of 100, both suggesting a high likelihood of abuse. The classification of the site as a crypto scam is corroborated by the page title and the brand‑impersonation tag.

No additional infrastructure details such as hosting IPs, ASN, or country information are available in the supplied intelligence, and the content of the page beyond the title has not been analyzed. Defenders should continue to block kerneldao-launchpad.com at perimeter and DNS layers, monitor for any resurgence of the domain or related subdomains, and incorporate the observed indicators—registration details, SSL label, trust scores, and the specific page title—into detection rules. Given the low trust scores and existing blocklist entries, the domain should be treated as high‑risk until a definitive takedown confirmation is obtained.