Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs)
January 1,2024 - March 31,2024

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 (January to March 2024)

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

Rank TLD Total Malware Domains ▼
1 com 101,863
2 shop 15,270
3 top 4,815
4 net 4,664
5 info 4,492
6 org 3,752
7 site 3,192
8 xyz 2,654
9 online 2,328
10 click 1,595
11 live 1,553
12 pl 1,430
13 br 1,041
14 life 996
15 ru 960
16 de 941
17 store 811
18 id 801
19 club 772
20 fr 699

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