Phishing Activity: Hosting Networks (ASNs)
Quarter over Quarter Comparison:
August 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024
For purposes of observing change over time, it is useful to compare measurements and metrics over successive reporting periods. Such comparisons illustrate whether phishing activities are increasing or decreasing, and where such changes are occurring. Such comparisons can identify hosting networks where phishing web sites or pages are concentrated and whether or not such concentration is persistent or atypical. Investigators or policy makers may focus on these hosting networks for deeper analyses.
In the table below, we use the measurement number of phishing attacks to compare the ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) for the May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024 period to the ranking for the August 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024 period.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attacks, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2024)
| IPv4 Addresses Assigned | Number of Phishing Attacks | ||||||||
| Rank | Hosting Provider | AS Number | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | Cloudflare, Inc. | 13335 | 2,569,472 | 2,624,000 | (+2%) | 158,168 | 135,679 | (-14%) |
| 2 | — | Amazon.com, Inc. | 16509 | 47,551,232 | 49,215,744 | (+4%) | 44,126 | 44,435 | (+1%) |
| 3 | ▲ +2* | Alibaba (US) Technology Co., Ltd. | 45102 | 5,251,584 | 6,034,944 | (+15%) | 11,269 | 22,829 | (+103%) |
| 4 | — | Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited | 132203 | 2,642,944 | 2,518,272 | (-5%) | 13,871 | 21,138 | (+52%) |
| 5 | ▼ -2 | Fastly, Inc. | 54113 | 1,111,136 | 1,192,992 | (+7%) | 14,756 | 18,703 | (+27%) |
| 6 | N/R** | Weebly, Inc. | 27647 | 2,304 | 2,304 | (0%) | 11,044 | 11,244 | (+2%) |
| 7 | N/R | Limenet | 394711 | 6,656 | 6,656 | (0%) | 11,039 | 9,023 | (-18%) |
| 8 | ▼ -2 | Google LLC | 15169 | 11,917,824 | 11,761,408 | (-1%) | 8,302 | 8,313 | (+0%) |
| 9 | ▼ -1 | Google LLC | 396982 | 35,015,424 | 38,894,848 | (+11%) | 5,393 | 7,708 | (+43%) |
| 10 | N/R | SEDO GmbH | 47846 | 1,536 | 1,024 | (-33%) | 17,011 | 7,697 | (-55%) |
| 11 | ▼ -1 | Hostinger International Limited | 47583 | 339,968 | 403,456 | (+19%) | 4,941 | 6,114 | (+24%) |
| 12 | ▼ -5 | Unified Layer | 46606 | 810,496 | 809,984 | (-0%) | 5,796 | 5,154 | (-11%) |
| 13 | ▼ -4 | Namecheap, Inc. | 22612 | 79,296 | 97,472 | (+23%) | 4,996 | 5,148 | (+3%) |
| 14 | ▼ -2 | DigitalOcean, LLC | 14061 | 2,954,496 | 2,960,384 | (0%) | 4,003 | 4,729 | (+18%) |
| 15 | ▲ +1 | CTG Server Limited | 152194 | 1,133,568 | 1,075,456 | (-5%) | 3,241 | 4,195 | (+29%) |
| 16 | ▲ +1 | Network Solutions, LLC | 19871 | 264,960 | 242,688 | (-8%) | 2,694 | 3,762 | (+40%) |
| 17 | ▼ -3 | Microsoft Corporation | 8075 | 57,011,200 | 66,742,272 | (+17%) | 3,926 | 3,756 | (-4%) |
| 18 | N/R | Simple Carrier LLC | 42624 | 2,048 | 2,048 | (0%) | 439 | 3,408 | (+676%) |
| 19 | N/R | Proton66 OOO | 198953 | 1,280 | 1,280 | (0%) | 2,904 | 3,318 | (+14%) |
| 20 | ▼ -1 | ColoCrossing | 36352 | 740,352 | 738,304 | (-0%) | 2,423 | 2,942 | (+21%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either number of addresses or number of phishing attacks did not meet minimum threshold for ranking
In the table below, we use the metric phishing attack score to compare the ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) for the May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024 period to the ranking for the August 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024 period.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attack Score, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2024)
Hosting Providers with a minimum of 50,000 addresses assigned to the ASN and 25 phishing attacks
| IPv4 Addresses Assigned | Phishing Attack Score | ||||||||
| Rank | Hosting Provider | AS Number | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +1* | Namecheap, Inc. | 22612 | 79,296 | 97,472 | (+23%) | 630.0 | 528.2 | (-16%) |
| 2 | ▲ +1 | Cloudflare, Inc. | 13335 | 2,569,472 | 2,624,000 | (+2%) | 615.6 | 517.1 | (-16%) |
| 3 | ▲ +1 | Dimension Network & Communication Limited | 59371 | 53,760 | 62,464 | (+16%) | 255.4 | 342.4 | (+34%) |
| 4 | ▲ +13 | Tier.Net Technologies LLC | 397423 | 64,000 | 72,960 | (+14%) | 68.0 | 265.2 | (+290%) |
| 5 | ▲ +16 | Advania Island ehf | 50613 | 87,296 | 87,296 | (0%) | 46.9 | 226.5 | (+383%) |
| 6 | ▼ -5 | SonderCloud Limited | 133199 | 63,232 | 64,768 | (+2%) | 770.5 | 202.6 | (-74%) |
| 7 | — | "Domain names registrar REG.RU", Ltd | 197695 | 95,744 | 100,864 | (+5%) | 129.4 | 179.0 | (+38%) |
| 8 | ▼ -2 | Fastly, Inc. | 54113 | 1,111,136 | 1,192,992 | (+7%) | 132.8 | 156.8 | (+18%) |
| 9 | ▲ +1 | Network Solutions, LLC | 19871 | 264,960 | 242,688 | (-8%) | 101.7 | 155.0 | (+52%) |
| 10 | ▼ -5 | Hostinger International Limited | 47583 | 339,968 | 403,456 | (+19%) | 145.3 | 151.5 | (+4%) |
| 11 | ▲ +4 | Hong Kong Communications International Co., Limited | 140227 | 58,624 | 62,208 | (+6%) | 76.6 | 128.6 | (+68%) |
| 12 | — | Cloudflare London, LLC | 209242 | 117,760 | 127,232 | (+8%) | 91.4 | 98.4 | (+8%) |
| 13 | ▼ -2 | XNNET LLC | 54467 | 57,344 | 88,064 | (+54%) | 92.3 | 85.5 | (-7%) |
| 14 | ▲ +5 | Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited | 132203 | 2,642,944 | 2,518,272 | (-5%) | 52.5 | 83.9 | (+60%) |
| 15 | N/R** | Antbox Networks Limited | 138995 | 16,896 | 51,968 | (+208%) | 134.9 | 80.2 | (-41%) |
| 16 | ▲ +22 | Zhejiang Taobao Network Co.,Ltd | 24429 | 52,097 | 61,440 | (+18%) | 25.0 | 69.8 | (+180%) |
| 17 | ▼ -4 | Kaopu Cloud HK Limited | 138915 | 149,760 | 173,824 | (+16%) | 83.8 | 66.2 | (-21%) |
| 18 | ▼ -2 | Unified Layer | 46606 | 810,496 | 809,984 | (-0%) | 71.5 | 63.6 | (-11%) |
| 19 | N/R | High Family Technology Co., Limited | 142032 | 46,336 | 61,184 | (+32%) | 86.3 | 62.1 | (-28%) |
| 20 | ▲ +2 | Cloudie Limited | 55933 | 138,496 | 176,384 | (+27%) | 44.6 | 60.9 | (+37%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either number of addresses or number of phishing attacks did not meet minimum threshold for ranking
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