On January 12, 2026, we posted this on X:
Heads up @HyperliquidX and @bing – somebody is buying keyword search results for "hyperliquid login"
(All fakes have been added to the DS Threat feeds) pic.twitter.com/1O6iejUCBU
— Domainsure (@domainsure) January 12, 2026
This is a live snapshot of the invisible war being waged against the Crypto, DeFi, and Web3 ecosystems every second of every day. The post reveals a sophisticated attacker who is doing more than cloning a website. They are actively manipulating search engine results to intercept users.
The attackers targeted a popular DeFi platform, betting that even savvy Crypto users would click the top search result out of habit. In that moment, before the
user even has a chance to authenticate, they are redirected to a malicious site designed to drain their wallet.
This is the reality of security for Web3 platforms. The threat isn’t simply a phishing website reported by a user. The threat is a system. A system that starts the moment a malicious domain is registered and promoted. If your security strategy is based on reacting to threats, you’ve already lost. The only way to protect your users and your platform is to see the attack as it’s being assembled. By actively monitoring for components of known schemes you can protect your customers assets, and your company’s good name.
Web3’s Achilles Heel
Why is the Crypto and DeFi space such a feeding ground for attackers?
Because the architecture of Web3 has a back door, a Web2 vulnerability: the Domain Name System.
Your project can have audited smart contracts, bug bounties, and a fortress of on-chain security, but if your domain gets hijacked, none of it matters. Attackers don’t need to crack your blockchain if they can control your domain and unbeknown to the user, redirect them to a phishing site.
This is amplified by a few hard truths in the Crypto world:
- There are no do-overs. A compromised private key or a signed
malicious transaction means funds are gone—forever. There’s no bank to call and
no chargeback to issue. - Complexity is a weapon. Attackers exploit confusion around
wallet connections, contract approvals, and gas fees to socially engineer users
into signing away their assets. - The battlefield never sleeps. Crypto is global and 24/7. An
attacker can launch a phishing site while your team is asleep and vanish before
morning.
This has led to the industrialization of Crypto scams. These are not one-off fake sites, but sophisticated operations deploying hundreds of disposable, look-alike domains designed to inflict maximum damage and disappear.
Your Users Are Not Your Alarm System
For years, cybersecurity has been reactive: wait for a user to get hit, verify the report, and add the threat to a blocklist. For Web3 platforms, many of them custodians of wealth, it becomes an even more dangerous threat.
Waiting for a user to report a phishing site forces them to be the canary in the coal mine. You’re asking them to lose funds to prove you have a security hole. That puts your promise in your customers hands. And unfortunately, that’s negligence.
By the time a report is verified, attackers have often already drained wallets. The “golden hour” for a DeFi heist is measured in minutes. And all reacting does is document the failure.
The Proactive Shield: A Live, Crypto-Focused Threat Feed
A live threat feed flips the script, and moves your company from a reactive, to a proactive position. A crypto threat feed is not a static list of bad domains. Instead, it provides a real-time, machine-readable intelligence stream of threats as they emerge. For any serious Crypto, DeFi, or Web3 platform, it’s a non-negotiable layer of defense.
- You see the threat first. Newly registered typosquatting domains
and active phishing sites are detected the moment they appear. - Your defense is automated. The feed plugs directly into your
infrastructure. Using a Response Policy Zone (RPZ), intelligence flows directly
into DNS resolvers. - You block attacks at the foundation. At the DNS level, malicious
domains are blocked before the phishing site even loads.
The Domainsure Crypto Defender RPZ
The Domainsure Crypto Defender RPZ is a live, specialized threat feed built for the Web3 ecosystem. It monitors active phishes, clones, and malware sites targeting Crypto exchanges, wallets, DeFi platforms, token projects, and DAOs.
Integrating the Crypto Defender RPZ means deploying a dynamic shield to protect your customers assets and your company’s reputation. It shifts security from reactive to proactive, and from manual to automated.
In the high-stakes world of Crypto, being a step behind isn’t an option.
Stop making your users the alarm system. Protect your platform and your community with the most targeted threat intelligence in the industry.
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