ai-bot-mining.top is an impersonation phishing page that dresses itself up as a Cloudflare security screen. The domain name points to an "AI bot mining" lure, the kind of pitch used to draw in people hoping for automated crypto income. PhishDestroy first detected it on 2026-09-29. The site is now dead: its DNS stopped resolving, it has been offline since 2026-10-16, and it was still down at the last check on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page carried the title "Attention Required! | Cloudflare", the wording of Cloudflare's familiar block and challenge screen. Fake security checks like this rely on the trust people place in that screen. Visitors are told they must verify themselves before continuing, and that step is where the theft happens. Depending on the variant, the victim is pushed to enter login details, connect an account, or copy and run a command that installs malware. The genuine Cloudflare page title matches what we classified as impersonation, so the title alone does not separate this site from a real Cloudflare screen.
Evidence
On 2026-10-01, 14 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. Vendors including ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet and G-Data reached that verdict independently, so the detection does not rest on a single vendor's judgment. The domain also appears in four AlienVault OTX threat pulses. Among blocklists, PhishDestroy is the only one listing it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Gname.com Pte. Ltd. on 2025-09-19, about a year before it came to our attention. That long gap suggests it may have been held in reserve before being used for this campaign. It sat behind Cloudflare's network, with an address geolocated to Canada. Because the operator's real origin server is hidden behind Cloudflare, the page could carry Cloudflare branding while being served through Cloudflare itself.
What to do
Cloudflare checks never ask you to paste commands into a terminal or the Windows Run box, and they never ask for account passwords. If you ran anything this page suggested, disconnect the device, run a full malware scan, and change passwords from a separate clean device. Treat any crypto exchange or wallet logins used on that machine as exposed. If you typed credentials into the page, change those passwords, enable app-based 2FA, and review recent account activity. Defenders should block the domain, search proxy and DNS logs for visits since 2026-09-29, and check endpoints that reached it for unusual command execution.
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS 非活动reason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation未知Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:18:59 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-15 02:13:09 UTClast content: 2026-10-15 02:13:09 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-15 20:22:19 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-15 02:13:09 UTC → 2026-10-15 20:22:19 UTC · 18.15hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-15 11:17:44 UTC · precision medium · basis bounded
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.ai-bot-mining.topDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
技术 · 3 identified
Cloudflare Browser Insights
AnalyticsRUM
Cloudflare Browser Insights is a tool that measures the performance of websites from the perspective of users.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
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After a phishing incident
针对受害者的建议与指导
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
我应该立即采取什么措施？
紧急
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
更改所有密码 — 电子邮件、Exchange 账户，以及任何使用同一密码的账户
启用双因素认证 使用身份验证器应用（而非短信）。禁用基于短信的恢复功能
冻结卡片 如果您在钓鱼网站上输入了银行信息
我应该为报告收集哪些信息？
联邦调查局（FBI）指南
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
当地警方 — 即使无法立即采取行动，也能留下正式记录
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
虚假网站 — 与正规网站完全一致的克隆网站，仅域名略有改动
猪的屠宰 — 通过Telegram/WhatsApp/交友软件花数周时间建立信任，随后钱被骗走
退款诈骗 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
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