cm-kraken[.]vip

Analysis on July 19, 2026 identifies cm-kraken.vip as an active high‑risk brand‑impersonation site targeting Kraken users. The domain resolves to IP 188.114.96.3, which is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc. in Canada and presents a TLS certificate issued by Google Trust Services under the WE1 label. Registration was performed through Dynadot Inc., and the authoritative name servers are newt.ns.cloudflare.com and nola.ns.cloudflare.com. The site returns HTTP 200 responses while the HTML page title displays “403 Forbidden”. The domain is listed on three security blocklists and has been flagged by PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. AlienVault OTX records show the domain appearing in two threat‑intel pulses, and VirusTotal reports twelve of ninety‑one scanners marking the domain as malicious. Despite these indicators, the exact malicious payload or credential‑harvesting mechanism has not been publicly disclosed. Defenders should add 188.114.96.3 and cm-kraken.vip to network denial lists, enforce TLS inspection to verify the Google Trust Services certificate, and monitor for any traffic to the Cloudflare‑hosted infrastructure. Continuous intelligence gathering is advised to detect any evolution of the site’s content or additional command‑and‑control endpoints.