Phishing Activity: Hosting Networks (ASNs)
Quarter over Quarter Comparison
August 1, 2020 - October 31, 2020
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 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 August to October 2020 period to the ranking for the May to July 2020 period.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attacks, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2020)
| IPv4 Addresses Assigned | Number of Phishing Attacks | ||||||||
| Rank | Hosting Provider | ASN | May to July 2020 | August to October 2020 | May to July 2020 | August to October 2020 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +3* | 15169 | 10,280,960 | 15,217,408 | (+48%) | 3,561 | 17,106 | (+380%) | |
| 2 | — | CLOUDFLARENET | 13335 | 1,570,304 | 2,542,848 | (+62%) | 8,700 | 11,467 | (+32%) |
| 3 | N/R** | NAMECHEAP-NET | 22612 | 35,072 | 65,792 | (+88%) | 4,897 | 11,311 | (+131%) |
| 4 | ▼ -3 | UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1 | 46606 | 1,373,952 | 1,393,664 | (+1%) | 9,174 | 8,481 | (-8%) |
| 5 | N/R | AWEX - Hostinger International Limited | 204915 | 768 | 768 | (0%) | 3,657 | 3,657 | (0%) |
| 6 | ▲ +1 | DIGITALOCEAN-ASN | 14061 | 2,328,832 | 2,348,544 | (+1%) | 2,114 | 3,081 | (+46%) |
| 7 | N/R | WEEBLY | 27647 | 2,304 | 2,048 | (-11%) | 2,573 | 2,898 | (+13%) |
| 8 | ▼ -2 | OVH - OVH SAS | 16276 | 3,485,440 | 3,556,608 | (+2%) | 2,602 | 2,878 | (+11%) |
| 9 | ▲ +3 | HETZNER-AS - Hetzner Online GmbH | 24940 | 1,912,576 | 1,912,320 | (-0%) | 1,095 | 2,442 | (+123%) |
| 10 | ▼ -2 | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | 8075 | 37,570,816 | 38,437,120 | (+2%) | 2,095 | 2,350 | (+12%) |
| 11 | ▼ -8 | AS-26496-GO-DADDY-COM-LLC | 26496 | 935,168 | 1,579,520 | (+69%) | 3,860 | 2,213 | (-43%) |
| 12 | ▼ -3 | AMAZON-02 | 16509 | 50,380,544 | 37,400,576 | (-26%) | 1,862 | 2,045 | (+10%) |
| 13 | — | CNNIC-ALIBABA-US-NET-AP Alibaba (US) Technology Co. | 45102 | 10,199,296 | 12,102,912 | (+19%) | 1,059 | 1,983 | (+87%) |
| 14 | ▼ -9 | CONTABO - Contabo GmbH | 51167 | 217,344 | 217,344 | (0%) | 2,988 | 1,861 | (-38%) |
| 15 | N/R | BEON-AS-ID PT. Beon Intermedia | 55688 | 2,048 | 2,560 | (+25%) | 830 | 1,409 | (+70%) |
| 16 | ▲ +14 | MULTA-ASN1 | 35916 | 3,441,664 | 3,491,584 | (+1%) | 343 | 1,322 | (+285%) |
| 17 | N/R | BEGET-AS - Beget LLC | 198610 | 22,528 | 23,552 | (+5%) | 397 | 1,180 | (+197%) |
| 18 | ▼ -4 | AS-COLOCROSSING | 36352 | 783,360 | 792,064 | (+1%) | 850 | 1,002 | (+18%) |
| 19 | ▼ -1 | AS-REGRU - "Domain names registrar REG.RU", Ltd | 197695 | 71,680 | 77,824 | (+9%) | 633 | 969 | (+53%) |
| 20 | N/R | PUBLIC-DOMAIN-REGISTRY | 394695 | 32,000 | 34,560 | (+8%) | 1,512 | 856 | (-43%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either number of addresses or number of phishing domains 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 August to October 2020 period to the ranking for the May to July 2020 period.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attack Score, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2020)
Hosting Providers with a minimum of 50,000 addresses assigned to the ASN and 25 phishing domains
| IPv4 Addresses Assigned | Phishing Attack Score | ||||||||
| Rank | Hosting Provider | ASN | May to July 2020 | August to October 2020 | May to July 2020 | August to October 2020 ▼ | |||
| 1 | N/R** | NAMECHEAP-NET | 22612 | 35,072 | 65,792 | (+88%) | 1,396 | 1,719 | (+23%) |
| 2 | ▲ +3* | AS-REGRU - "Domain names registrar REG.RU", Ltd | 197695 | 71,680 | 77,824 | (+9%) | 88 | 125 | (+41%) |
| 3 | N/R | IMH-WEST | 22611 | 48,640 | 62,720 | (+29%) | 90 | 121 | (+35%) |
| 4 | N/R | INMOTI-1 | 54641 | 39,168 | 55,808 | (+42%) | 80 | 90 | (+12%) |
| 5 | ▼ -4 | CONTABO - Contabo GmbH | 51167 | 217,344 | 217,344 | (0%) | 137 | 86 | (-38%) |
| 6 | ▲ +10 | RACKRAY - UAB Rakrejus | 62282 | 53,760 | 54,784 | (+2%) | 27 | 63 | (+136%) |
| 7 | ▼ -1 | UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1 | 46606 | 1,373,952 | 1,393,664 | (+1%) | 67 | 61 | (-9%) |
| 8 | ▼ -6 | NOCIX | 33387 | 54,784 | 57,856 | (+6%) | 134 | 60 | (-55%) |
| 9 | ▼ -5 | AS-HOSTINGER - Hostinger International Limited | 47583 | 70,912 | 84,480 | (+19%) | 88 | 54 | (-39%) |
| 10 | N/R | LEASEWEB-DE-FRA-10 - Leaseweb Deutschland GmbH | 28753 | 85,760 | 90,112 | (+5%) | 2 | 51 | (+1,965%) |
| 11 | ▲ +6 | PONYNET | 53667 | 55,296 | 59,136 | (+7%) | 26 | 47 | (+79%) |
| 12 | ▼ -5 | CLOUDFLARENET | 13335 | 1,570,304 | 2,542,848 | (+62%) | 55 | 45 | (-19%) |
| 13 | N/R | UKFAST - UKFAST.NET LIMITED | 61323 | 74,496 | 76,544 | (+3%) | 3 | 41 | (+1,129%) |
| 14 | ▼ -11 | OPENDNS | 36692 | 58,624 | 79,616 | (+36%) | 118 | 40 | (-66%) |
| 15 | ▼ -4 | LIQUIDWEB | 32244 | 250,368 | 254,464 | (+2%) | 47 | 33 | (-31%) |
| 16 | ▲ +64 | ST-BGP | 46844 | 142,080 | 141,056 | (-1%) | 4 | 33 | (+706%) |
| 17 | ▼ -4 | WII | 32097 | 90,112 | 92,160 | (+2%) | 32 | 31 | (-4%) |
| 18 | ▼ -9 | A2HOSTING | 55293 | 85,760 | 123,136 | (+44%) | 51 | 28 | (-45%) |
| 19 | N/R | HKKFGL-AS-AP HK Kwaifong Group Limited | 133115 | 49,664 | 50,176 | (+1%) | 29 | 26 | (-10%) |
| 20 | — | MASTER-AS - Master Internet s.r.o. | 24971 | 59,648 | 59,648 | (0%) | 22 | 26 | (+16%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either number of addresses or number of phishing domains did not meet minimum threshold for ranking
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