couenbiseprologiii[.]godaddysites[.]com

The domain couenbiseprologiii.godaddysites.com was identified as a brand‑impersonation site targeting Coinbase users. The site’s page title, "Coinbase Pro Login and Beginner's Guide (2023)", explicitly references Coinbase, confirming the impersonation intent. Registration data shows the domain was created on November 18, 2013 and is hosted under GoDaddy’s infrastructure, with nameservers cns1.secureserver.net and cns2.secureserver.net. The SSL certificate is issued by GoDaddy.com, Inc. via the Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority – G2, indicating a legitimate certificate chain but offering no protection against social engineering. HTTP requests return a 404 status, and the domain is currently taken offline, as reflected by its status flag.

Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain resolves to IP 13.248.243.5, an Amazon.com, Inc. address within AS16509 located in the United States. The IP belongs to a cloud provider, a common choice for temporary phishing infrastructure. Reputation services flag the domain as highly untrustworthy: Scamadviser assigns a trust score of 1 / 100, and Google Safe Browsing classifies it as social engineering. The domain appears on one security blocklist and is blocked by PhishDestroy. VirusTotal scans show ten of ninety‑five security vendors flag the domain, reinforcing the malicious assessment.

Defenders should add the domain and its resolved IP to network‑level blocklists and ensure DNS filtering solutions block any queries to couenbiseprologiii.godaddysites.com. Endpoint protection should be updated to recognize the Google Safe Browsing and VirusTotal indicators. Given the domain’s association with a Coinbase impersonation campaign, monitoring for credential‑theft attempts against Coinbase accounts is advised. Continued observation of related GoDaddy‑hosted subdomains is recommended, as attackers may reuse the same registrar and hosting patterns for future campaigns.