pro-coinbase-en-us[.]created[.]app

The domain pro-coinbase-en-us.created.app was registered on July 12, 2023 through Tucows Domains Inc. and is currently hosted on Vercel infrastructure, as indicated by the nameservers ns1.vercel-dns.com and ns2.vercel-dns.com and the detection of Vercel technology. The site presents an HTTPS certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt (R13) and enforces HTTP Strict Transport Security, yet an HTTP request returns a 404 status, and the domain has been taken offline at the time of analysis. DNS resolution points to IP address 216.150.16.129, which is located in the United States and belongs to AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. The domain is listed on a single security blocklist and has been actively blocked by the PhishDestroy service.

VirusTotal analysis shows that seven of ninety‑five scanning engines flagged the domain, reinforcing the suspicion of malicious intent. The page title retrieved from the live endpoint reads “Coinbase - Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more …”, matching the declared brand target of Coinbase and aligning with the classified scam type of a crypto scam. Although the title suggests an attempt to impersonate Coinbase’s trading platform, no additional page content has been captured, leaving the exact phishing vector (login capture, credential harvesting, or malicious download) undetermined.

Analysts should consider the domain’s Vercel hosting pattern and Amazon‑owned IP range when building detection rules, and they should ensure that outbound connections to 216.150.16.129 are blocked or monitored. Adding the domain to internal blocklists and sharing the indicator set with peers will help mitigate potential reuse of the same infrastructure in future brand‑impersonation campaigns. Continuous monitoring of newly registered Vercel‑served subdomains that reference Coinbase or other cryptocurrency brands is recommended to pre‑empt similar threats.