costcosaved[.]com

This domain, costcosaved.com, is flagged as a brand impersonation threat targeting Aave, a decentralized finance protocol. Analysis indicates the site was designed to deceive users by mimicking Aave’s legitimate interface, likely to facilitate unauthorized transactions or credential harvesting. The page title, 'Checking your browser...,' suggests the use of evasion techniques to delay or obscure malicious activity detection, a common tactic in crypto-related phishing campaigns. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 9, 2026, through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to the IP address 139.162.174.209, hosted on a server running Nginx and OpenResty, with HSTS enabled. The domain appears on one security blocklist and is flagged by 6 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. Additional threat intelligence confirms its presence in four AlienVault OTX pulses, while Gridinsoft assigns it a trust score of 1/100. The SSL certificate is issued by Let’s Encrypt, a neutral but commonly exploited certificate authority in phishing operations. As of the latest assessment, costcosaved.com has been taken offline, likely in response to detection and reporting. However, the elevated risk persists due to the domain’s recent creation date, its association with a high-risk registrar, and its documented use in brand impersonation. Organizations and users are advised to monitor for similar domains registered under TuringSign Inc. or resolving to the same IP range. Blocking access to 139.162.174.209 and implementing real-time threat intelligence feeds for related indicators of compromise is recommended to mitigate residual exposure.