Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs)
April 1,2024 - June 30,2024

We analyzed the domains reported as serving up malware to see how they were distributed across the top-level domains. For our analysis, we extract the Top-level Domain (e.g., com, xyz, uk) from the hostnames we found in malware reports.

In the table below, we present the twenty TLDs that had the highest number of domains reported as serving up malware. A complete list of TLDs where malware was reported for the quarter can be downloaded in CSV format from the Records page.

Ranking of TLDs by Malware Domains (April to June 2024)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains and 25 malware domains

Rank TLD Total Malware Domains ▼
1 com 15,999
2 org 5,072
3 xyz 3,704
4 net 1,543
5 info 1,249
6 ru 793
7 br 616
8 shop 615
9 pw 608
10 us 583
11 top 556
12 eu 482
13 pro 349
14 cc 339
15 pl 323
16 it 320
17 de 313
18 cn 297
19 in 295
20 sbs 229

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