synclayer[.]org

Analysis of the domain synclayer.org, first observed on December 26, 2025 and taken offline prior to the report date of July 25, 2026, indicates a credential‑harvesting operation that impersonates the Avalanche brand through a fabricated airdrop scheme. The domain resolves to the IPv4 address 54.37.200.14, which is hosted in Germany under AS16276 (OVH SAS). Registration was performed via NameSilo, LLC, and the authoritative name servers are ns1.cloudoon.com, ns2.cloudoon.net, and ns3.cloudoon.org. No TLS certificate is presented, meaning the site operated over plain HTTP only.

The page title returned by the server is "Sync Layer™ | Home," which does not reveal any direct reference to the targeted brand but aligns with the reported impersonation of Avalanche. Threat intelligence feeds have listed the domain on four security blocklists, specifically PhishDestroy, Polkadot, Enkrypt, and Codeesura, and eight of ninety‑three VirusTotal scanners flagged the domain as malicious. Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of zero out of one hundred, reinforcing the malicious classification.

While the site is no longer reachable, the infrastructure details—including the IP address, hosting ASN, registrar, and name server configuration—remain valid indicators for detection. Defenders should update URL filtering rules to block synclayer.org and its associated IP, monitor for any resurgence of the same name servers or hosting ASN, and consider adding the domain to internal blocklists. Ongoing vigilance is advised because the underlying infrastructure could be repurposed for future brand‑impersonation campaigns.