polkadotupdate[.]com
“Polkadot - The Multichain Network for Web3”
Resumo das evidências
Analysis conducted on 23 July 2026 identifies polkadotupdate.com as an offline infrastructure used for a crypto‑related brand‑impersonation campaign. The domain was registered on 16 October 2025 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and resolves to the Cloudflare address 188.114.96.3, AS13335, located in the United States. No TLS certificate is presented, indicating that the site does not serve HTTPS content. The page title returned from the host is “Polkadot – The Multichain Network for Web3,” which mirrors the legitimate Polkadot brand and suggests an attempt to lure users interested in multichain Web3 projects.
VirusTotal has recorded 12 detections out of 95 scanned engines, and Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 / 100, reinforcing the malicious assessment. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is actively blocked by the PhishDestroy service. Nameserver configuration uses Cloudflare’s authoritative servers (arch.ns.cloudflare.com, journey.ns.cloudflare.com). The campaign is classified as a crypto scam, though the specific payload or victim interaction flow has not been observed because the site is currently taken offline.
Uncertainty remains regarding the exact phishing kit, any credential‑stealing forms, or redirection mechanisms that may have been employed before takedown. Defenders should add 188.114.96.3 to network‑level deny lists, monitor DNS queries for polkadotupdate.com and its Cloudflare nameservers, and ensure that endpoint security solutions are updated with the 12 VirusTotal signatures. Monitoring of future registrations that reuse the same registrar or similar lexical patterns is also advised. Because the domain mirrors the Polkadot brand, security awareness communications should remind users that official Polkadot communications never use the “polkadotupdate.com” domain and that any unsolicited requests for wallet credentials should be rejected.
Data Coverage
Inteligência de segurança de rede
Pipeline de resposta a ameaças
Cobertura de listas de bloqueio
10 fontes externas monitoradas · instantâneo de 13/08/2026
10 fontes externas monitoradas Sem correspondência
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Credenciamento e contexto RAA
Credenciamento e contexto RAA
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
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