zepdex[.]com

Analysis as of July 23, 2026 indicates that the domain zepdex.com is actively used for brand impersonation targeting Ethereum users. The site was registered on February 24, 2025 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and currently resolves to the IP address 104.21.54.17, which belongs to Cloudflare, Inc. (AS13335) and is geolocated in the United States. The domain is served behind Cloudflare's network and leverages HTTP/3, but it does not present an SSL certificate, resulting in an unsecured HTTP connection that returns a 302 redirect status code. The page title presented by the site—“Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | ZepDex”—explicitly references Ethereum, confirming the claim of brand impersonation. The threat is classified as Social Media Phishing, suggesting that attackers may distribute malicious links via social platforms to lure victims into providing credentials or financial information.

Intelligence from AlienVault OTX shows the domain appears in a single threat pulse, and the domain is listed on one external blocklist, where it has been blocked by PhishDestroy. VirusTotal analysis reports that eight of ninety‑five scanning engines flagged the domain, reinforcing the malicious assessment. Reputation metrics are extremely low; Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 1 out of 100, indicating a high likelihood of abuse. No TLS certificate is observed, which may be an attempt to avoid certificate‑based reputation systems. The nameservers hank.ns.cloudflare.com and kami.ns.cloudflare.com are standard Cloudflare resolvers, offering no additional attribution.

Uncertainty remains regarding the specific phishing payload or credential‑capture mechanisms, as the content of the landing page has not been publicly dissected. Defenders should block any DNS resolution to zepdex.com, enforce URL filtering on known security gateways, and monitor outbound connections to the associated Cloudflare IP.