handshake-ledger[.]com

The domain handshake-ledger.com is currently active and classified as a brand impersonation threat targeting the Ledger brand. Infrastructure analysis shows the domain was registered on May 12, 2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and resolves to IP address 188.114.97.3, which is hosted by CloudFlare, Inc. in Canada. The authoritative nameservers are jamie.ns.cloudflare.com and pedro.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating the use of CloudFlare DNS and CDN services. The site presents an HTTP 301 redirect and advertises a Google Web Server stack with HSTS and HTTP/3 enabled. SSL is provided by Let’s Encrypt (certificate identifier E8). The page title returned by the server is "Google," and no further content analysis is available. Security telemetry indicates the domain appears on three blocklists (PhishDestroy, MetaMask, SEAL) and has been flagged by five of ninety‑one VirusTotal scanners. Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, reinforcing the malicious assessment. While the exact phishing page content is not observed, the combination of recent registration, CloudFlare hosting, low trust scores, blocklist presence, and brand impersonation labeling provides concrete evidence of malicious intent. Defenders should block handshake-ledger.com at network and endpoint layers, incorporate the domain into threat‑intel feeds, and monitor for any related C2 activity or credential harvesting attempts. Ongoing observation of the domain’s DNS and certificate changes is recommended to detect potential re‑hosting or repurposing.