Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs) October 1,2024 - December 31,2024

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 (October to December 2024)

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

Rank TLD Total Malware Domains ▼
1 com 9,880
2 xyz 1,351
3 net 1,294
4 org 1,250
5 ru 692
6 pw 575
7 br 453
8 top 448
9 shop 420
10 cn 411
11 info 407
12 cc 369
13 eu 311
14 it 302
15 pl 256
16 fr 251
17 click 204
18 de 198
19 online 189
20 in 188

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