ciechain[.]com

The domain ciechain.com was registered on September 29, 2025 through NameCheap, Inc. and resolves to the IP address 198.23.193.170, which is hosted in the United States under AS36352 (HostPapa). The domain is served without an SSL certificate and is currently taken offline, as indicated by the latest status check. DNS resolution is provided by four nameservers: dns1.geebytesdns.com, dns2.geebytesdns.com, ns1.geebytescloud.com, and ns2.geebytesclou, suggesting the infrastructure is tied to the Geebytes DNS service. The page title returned during the brief live window was "CIE: Ethereum, Polygon, Tron, BaseChain Swap Crypto On The Go," which aligns with a cryptocurrency swap narrative but does not directly reference the targeted brand.

The site is classified as a wallet/seed phishing operation that impersonates the 1inch decentralized exchange, a claim corroborated by multiple intelligence feeds. VirusTotal scanned the domain and recorded detections from 2 of 95 security vendors, indicating that at least a minority of scanners identified malicious behavior. Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0 out of 100, and the domain appears on one external security blocklist. PhishDestroy has also blocked the domain, confirming its inclusion in active anti‑phishing feeds.

While the limited detection count suggests a low prevalence in vendor feeds, the combination of a zero trust score, confirmed brand impersonation, and blocklist listings elevates the risk profile. Uncertainty remains regarding the specific phishing payload, the presence of any credential‑harvesting forms, and whether the site leveraged additional infrastructure such as CDN or redirect chains. Defenders should add ciechain.com to URL filtering rules, monitor DNS queries for the associated nameservers, and enforce TLS inspection to capture any future HTTP traffic should the site be re‑hosted.