Malware Activity:Hosting Networks (ASNs)
Quarter over Quarter Comparison
July 1, 2021 - September 30, 2021
For purposes of observing change over time, it is useful to compare measurements and metrics over successive reporting periods. Such comparisons illustrate whether malware activities are increasing or decreasing, and where such changes are occurring. Such comparisons can identify identify hosting networks where malware is being hosted and whether or not such activity is persistent or atypical. Investigators or policy makers may focus on these hosting networks for deeper analyses.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Malware Records, Quarter over Quarter (July to September 2021)
Hosting Providers with a minimum of 50,000 addresses assigned to the ASN and 25 malware records
| IPv4 Addresses Assigned | Number of Malware Records | ||||||||
| Rank | Hosting Provider | ASN | April to June 2021 | July to September 2021 | April to June 2021 | July to September 2021 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | CHINA169-BACKBONE CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone | 4837 | 58,760,448 | 59,102,208 | (+1%) | 148,562 | 144,373 | (-3%) |
| 2 | ▲ +1* | BSNL-NIB National Internet Backbone | 9829 | 10,840,832 | 10,832,128 | (-0%) | 64,301 | 53,319 | (-17%) |
| 3 | ▲ +1 | CHINA169-GZ China Unicom IP network China169 Guangdong province | 17816 | 3,948,288 | 3,948,288 | (0%) | 35,535 | 42,184 | (+19%) |
| 4 | ▲ +1 | CHINANET-BACKBONE No.31 | 4134 | 115,596,032 | 115,205,120 | (-0%) | 24,349 | 35,045 | (+44%) |
| 5 | ▲ +1 | CNCGROUP-GZ China Unicom Guangzhou network | 17622 | 1,352,960 | 1,355,776 | (0%) | 12,324 | 12,380 | (+0%) |
| 6 | ▲ +1 | HATHWAY-NET-AP Hathway IP Over Cable Internet | 17488 | 999,680 | 999,168 | (-0%) | 9,870 | 8,844 | (-10%) |
| 7 | N/R** | CNSERVERS | 40065 | 609,024 | 569,600 | (-6%) | 12 | 8,152 | (+67,833%) |
| 8 | ▲ +2 | VNPT-AS-VN VNPT Corp | 45899 | 19,107,328 | 19,169,536 | (0%) | 4,230 | 5,445 | (+29%) |
| 9 | ▼ -1 | CLOUDFLARENET | 13335 | 2,353,664 | 2,355,968 | (0%) | 6,176 | 5,097 | (-17%) |
| 10 | ▲ +21 | WIND Telecom S.A. | 27887 | 63,744 | 63,744 | (0%) | 749 | 4,582 | (+512%) |
| 11 | ▼ -2 | CNCGROUP-SZ China Unicom Shenzen network | 17623 | 953,856 | 958,976 | (+1%) | 4,557 | 4,395 | (-4%) |
| 12 | ▲ +2 | 15169 | 23,095,552 | 23,095,040 | (-0%) | 2,413 | 3,276 | (+36%) | |
| 13 | — | CMNET-GD Guangdong Mobile Communication Co.Ltd. | 9808 | 62,860,800 | 63,492,608 | (+1%) | 2,748 | 2,749 | (+0%) |
| 14 | ▲ +4 | DIGITALOCEAN-ASN | 14061 | 2,553,088 | 2,599,168 | (+2%) | 1,739 | 2,404 | (+38%) |
| 15 | ▲ +10 | HINET Data Communication Business Group | 3462 | 17,030,144 | 17,027,328 | (-0%) | 1,084 | 2,400 | (+121%) |
| 16 | ▼ -4 | AS-COLOCROSSING | 36352 | 783,616 | 783,104 | (-0%) | 2,919 | 2,366 | (-19%) |
| 17 | ▼ -1 | TOT-NET TOT Public Company Limited | 23969 | 5,654,272 | 5,655,808 | (0%) | 2,211 | 2,344 | (+6%) |
| 18 | ▼ -3 | MTNL-AP Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited | 17813 | 2,744,320 | 2,729,984 | (-1%) | 2,278 | 2,244 | (-1%) |
| 19 | ▲ +7 | TELEFONICA BRASIL S.A | 26599 | 24,354,048 | 23,453,184 | (-4%) | 1,037 | 1,907 | (+84%) |
| 20 | ▲ +16 | NAMECHEAP-NET | 22612 | 90,368 | 91,392 | (+1%) | 449 | 1,854 | (+313%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either number of addresses or number of malware records did not meet minimum threshold for ranking
Quarter over Quarter Comparisons of:
Activity in Hosting Networks (ASNs)