cathaybank.cathab.com was an impersonation phishing page posing as the online banking portal of Cathay Bank. The address puts the real bank name in front of a lookalike domain, cathab.com, so a quick glance reads as legitimate. It targeted Cathay Bank customers. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-06, and the site has been offline since 2026-09-11, with its DNS still inactive at our last check on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page carried the title "Catay Bank || Future Assured Online Banking with Secured and reliable features". The bank's name is misspelled, which is a useful giveaway for anyone who saw it. Pages like this copy a bank's login screen and collect whatever the visitor types, usually username and password, and often one-time codes or personal details used to pass security checks. With those, the operators can log into the real account, move money or reuse the identity. The victim loses control of the account and possibly its balance.
Evidence
urlscan.io rated the page malicious and recognised Cathay Bank as the imitated brand, which directly supports the impersonation classification. On VirusTotal, 6 of 89 engines flagged it as of 2026-09-08: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Netcraft and SOCRadar. That is a low count for a site already removed, so most security tools would not have blocked it during its short run. PhishDestroy lists it on its own blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Namecheap on 2026-08-24, just 13 days before we detected it, and the site went dark five days after detection. That fits a throwaway phishing setup built to run for a few weeks at most. It was hosted on the OVH network in France and used a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser said nothing about whether the site was genuine.
What to do
If you entered Cathay Bank login details on this page, change your online banking password right away from the bank's official app or a bookmarked address. Contact Cathay Bank through the number on your card or statement, report the phishing, and ask them to review recent logins and transfers. If you typed a one-time code, card number or personal identifiers, tell the bank specifically so it can watch for account takeover and identity fraud. Use the same password anywhere else? Change it there too, and turn on two-factor authentication. Defenders should block the cathab.com domain and its subdomains and watch mail and web logs for misspelled "Catay Bank" lures.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月6日score 68/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttps://cathaybank.cathab.com/
Favicon Hash
案件 ID
Observed page title
Catay Bank || Future Assured Online Banking with Secured and reliable features
Automated brand references
Across
TLS 证书
颁发者 Let's Encrypt / YR2
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
141.94.161.61
Network ASN
AS16276
Organization
OVH SAS
Observed location
Lille, FR
Server header
LiteSpeed
域名服务器 2
ns571.redserverhost.com
ns572.redserverhost.com
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 证书
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR2
Valid from
2026-08-27 08:57:42
Valid until
2026-11-25 08:57:41
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-09-06 13:02:04 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint7f084efc221f0bdc2fd5c52ecac1a76a3d5f801dc97b7b7291961f8fc08ff8eeCertificate names · 6 SANs
cpanel.cathaybank.cathab.com
cpcalendars.cathaybank.cathab.com
cpcontacts.cathaybank.cathab.com
webdisk.cathaybank.cathab.com
webmail.cathaybank.cathab.com
www.cathaybank.cathab.com
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 01:13:39 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-06 11:27:38 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-06 11:27:38 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 580.79hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-18 13:51:16 UTC · precision low · 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 subdomains6
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
cpanel.cathaybank.cathab.comDomain record
cpcalendars.cathaybank.cathab.comDomain record
cpcontacts.cathaybank.cathab.comDomain record
webdisk.cathaybank.cathab.comDomain record
webmail.cathaybank.cathab.comDomain record
www.cathaybank.cathab.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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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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