z-cat.cc is a phishing site that poses as a legitimate service to win the trust of crypto users. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-27. As of 2026-10-19 it was still online, with its content served behind a protective challenge page.
How the scam works
Impersonation phishing copies the look, name or tone of a service people already trust, so visitors act as they would on the real site. They sign in, confirm account details or follow a 'verification' step, and whatever they type goes straight to the operators. Victims can lose account access, personal data and any funds those credentials control. The page title reads 'Just a moment...', which is a browser-check screen, while our classification is impersonation phishing.
Evidence
On VirusTotal, 4 of 92 engines flagged the domain as of 2026-10-10: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That is a small share, so most security tools will not yet warn a visitor. The domain also appears in 3 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, meaning other researchers have independently tied it to malicious activity. PhishDestroy is currently the only blocklist listing it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-08 through Global Domain Group LLC, just 19 days before we detected it. That short gap is typical of throwaway phishing domains set up for a quick campaign. Traffic runs through Cloudflare, Inc. (address 188.114.96.1, Canada), which hides the true origin server. The site uses a Google Trust Services WE1 certificate, so the browser padlock only shows an encrypted connection and says nothing about whether the site is honest.
What to do
If you entered a password on z-cat.cc, change it right away on the real service and on any account that shares it. Then turn on app-based two-factor authentication and review recent logins and security settings. If you typed a wallet recovery phrase or private key, treat that wallet as compromised and move the funds to a newly created wallet. Security teams should block the domain at DNS and web proxies and check logs for users who reached it. Because detection is still thin, teams should also report it to their vendors so coverage improves.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeReachable but protectedreason: Cloudflare Challenge85% confidence
AttributionCloudflaremechanism: Challengesource: Current Http Probe
Evidence layersAvailability: Reachable but protectedContent: UnknownDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationReachable but protectedCloudflare ChallengeCloudflareChallenge85%2026-10-19 22:33:17 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:40 UTC
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.
技术 · 2 identified
Cloudflare
CDN
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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