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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