Malware Activity: Key Statistics
Quarter over Quarter comparison: July 1,2024 - September 30,2024

Each reporting period, we analyze URLs, domain names, and IP addresses reported for serving up or distributing malware. We use these and other metadata — domain and IP address registration data, ICANN registry and registrar monthly reports, routing data, attack type, and other indicators — to report key statistics for each reporting period.

We compare number of domains reported for hosting malware in TLDs for two consecutive quarters in the table below.

Complete lists of Top-level Domains, gTLD registrars and hosting networks (ASNs) where malware was reported for the quarter can be downloaded in CSV format from the Records page.

Measurement April to June 2024 July to September 2024 Change
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Total number of malware reports collected from feeds (per quarter) 1,753,910 1,784,846 30,936
Total number of malware records produced from malware reports 1,446,550 1,487,731 41,181
Endpoint malware (targets user-attended devices) 71,539 198,259 126,720
Internet of Things (IoT) malware (targets sensors, wearables, appliances...) 96,706 134,630 37,924
Malicious IP address malware records (Traffic Injectors and Attackware) 1,117,224 984,833 -132,391
Uncategorized malware (Verified as malware but not classified) 161,081 170,009 8,928
Unique domain names reported for serving up malware 40,286 33,742 -6,544
Top-level Domains (TLDs) where we observed malware hosting 367 373 6
Registrars that had gTLD domains under management reported for serving malware 472 474 2
Hosting Networks (ASNs) where we observed malware hosting or distribution 15,458 15,080 -378
Unique IPv4 addresses reported as serving or distributing malware 1,153,409 1,037,937 -115,472

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