Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs)
July 1,2023 - September 30,2023

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 2023)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains and 25 malware domains

Rank TLD Total Malware Domains ▼
1 com 14,765
2 net 1,321
3 info 1,050
4 org 986
5 store 810
6 ru 721
7 br 720
8 uk 490
9 shop 481
10 top 415
11 xyz 400
12 in 383
13 it 321
14 de 321
15 pl 289
16 fr 259
17 id 235
18 beauty 201
19 cn 198
20 eu 198

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