cetus[.]airdropsalert[.]us

On July 23, 2026, cetus.airdropsalert.us was observed as a high‑risk brand‑impersonation infrastructure targeting Google users. The domain was registered on October 18, 2025 through Dynadot LLC and resolves to the IP address 192.178.155.105, which belongs to AS15169 Google LLC in the United States. DNS is served by Cloudflare name servers brenna.ns.cloudflare.com and hassan.ns.cloudflare.com. No TLS certificate is presented, indicating the site was delivered over plain HTTP at the time of analysis. Google Safe Browsing classified the URL as a social‑engineering threat, and the domain appears on a single security blocklist.

PhishDestroy has already blocked the host, and VirusTotal reports that 13 of 93 scanning engines flagged the domain, reinforcing the high‑risk assessment. The Gridinsoft trust score of 0 / 100 further reflects a lack of legitimacy. The page title returned by the server is “Google”, matching the declared brand target. The site is identified as a crypto‑scam campaign, although the specific payload or monetary demands have not been disclosed in the available data.

The infrastructure is currently offline, but the IP address remains owned by Google, suggesting the domain may have been parked on a legitimate cloud provider to evade detection. Uncertainty remains regarding the exact phishing kit used, the content served before takedown, and whether additional sub‑domains were employed. Defenders should continue to block cetus.airdropsalert.us at DNS and proxy layers, monitor the associated IP for any re‑activation, and update detection rules to flag any future resolution to the same IP or Cloudflare name servers. Incident response teams should also add the domain to internal blocklists and advise users to disregard any unsolicited communications purporting to originate from Google that reference the domain.