Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs)
July 1,2024 - September 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 (July to September 2024)
TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains and 25 malware domains
Rank | TLD | Total Malware Domains ▼ |
1 | com | 11,789 |
2 | org | 4,219 |
3 | xyz | 3,662 |
4 | net | 1,378 |
5 | eu | 797 |
6 | pw | 782 |
7 | ru | 696 |
8 | top | 632 |
9 | shop | 562 |
10 | br | 536 |
11 | cn | 442 |
12 | cc | 438 |
13 | info | 431 |
14 | pro | 343 |
15 | pl | 282 |
16 | in | 268 |
17 | it | 261 |
18 | de | 223 |
19 | fr | 201 |
20 | online | 184 |
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