Phishing Activity: Hosting Networks (ASNs)
Quarter over Quarter Comparison
November 1, 2020 - January 31, 2021
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.
Table 1 uses the measurement number of phishing attacks to compare the ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) for the November 1, 2020 - January 31, 2021 to the ranking for August 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020 period.
Table 1. Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attacks, Quarter over Quarter (November 2020 to January 2021)
| IPv4 Addresses Assigned | Number of Phishing Attacks | ||||||||
| Rank | Hosting Provider | ASN | August to October 2020 | November 2020 to January 2021 | August to October 2020 | November 2020 to January 2021 ▼ | |||
| 1 | ▲ +2* | NAMECHEAP-NET | 22612 | 65,792 | 68,096 | (+4%) | 11,311 | 20,677 | (+83%) |
| 2 | — | CLOUDFLARENET | 13335 | 2,542,848 | 2,550,016 | (0%) | 11,467 | 14,452 | (+26%) |
| 3 | ▲ +1 | UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1 | 46606 | 1,393,664 | 1,384,448 | (-1%) | 8,481 | 8,793 | (+4%) |
| 4 | ▼ -3 | 15169 | 15,217,408 | 15,219,968 | (0%) | 17,106 | 6,950 | (-59%) | |
| 5 | — | DIGITALOCEAN-ASN | 14061 | 2,348,544 | 2,372,352 | (+1%) | 3,081 | 5,232 | (+70%) |
| 6 | N/R** | DYNDNS | 33517 | 67,328 | 65,792 | (-2%) | 5 | 4,639 | (+92,680%) |
| 7 | ▼ -1 | OVH - OVH SAS | 16276 | 3,556,608 | 3,655,168 | (+3%) | 2,878 | 4,155 | (+44%) |
| 8 | ▲ +4 | CONTABO - Contabo GmbH | 51167 | 217,344 | 215,296 | (-1%) | 1,861 | 3,621 | (+95%) |
| 9 | N/R | WEEBLY | 27647 | 2,048 | 2,048 | (0%) | 2,898 | 2,887 | (-0%) |
| 10 | — | AMAZON-02 | 16509 | 37,400,576 | 37,688,064 | (+1%) | 2,045 | 2,663 | (+30%) |
| 11 | N/R | AWEX - Hostinger International Limited | 204915 | 768 | 768 | (0%) | 3,657 | 2,470 | (-32%) |
| 12 | ▼ -3 | AS-26496-GO-DADDY-COM-LLC | 26496 | 1,579,520 | 1,555,968 | (-1%) | 2,213 | 1,840 | (-17%) |
| 13 | ▼ -5 | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | 8075 | 38,437,120 | 38,437,632 | (0%) | 2,350 | 1,828 | (-22%) |
| 14 | ▼ -7 | HETZNER-AS - Hetzner Online GmbH | 24940 | 1,912,320 | 2,042,368 | (+7%) | 2,442 | 1,722 | (-29%) |
| 15 | ▼ -4 | CNNIC-ALIBABA-US-NET-AP Alibaba (US) Technology Co. | 45102 | 12,102,912 | 12,118,784 | (0%) | 1,983 | 1,652 | (-17%) |
| 16 | ▼ -2 | AS-COLOCROSSING | 36352 | 792,064 | 788,992 | (-0%) | 1,002 | 1,370 | (+37%) |
| 17 | ▲ +5 | LAYER-HOST | 46573 | 397,568 | 403,712 | (+2%) | 697 | 1,157 | (+66%) |
| 18 | ▲ +3 | HOSTWINDS | 54290 | 327,424 | 327,424 | (0%) | 698 | 1,149 | (+65%) |
| 19 | ▲ +59 | AS-30083-GO-DADDY-COM-LLC | 30083 | 67,072 | 66,816 | (-0%) | 121 | 1,091 | (+802%) |
| 20 | ▼ -3 | AMAZON-AES | 14618 | 16,228,608 | 16,306,944 | (0%) | 814 | 1,031 | (+27%) |
* 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
Table 2 uses 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.
Table 2. Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attack Score, Quarter over Quarter (November 2020 to January 2021)
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 | August to October 2020 | November 2020 to January 2021 | August to October 2020 | November 2020 to January 2021 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | NAMECHEAP-NET | 22612 | 65,792 | 68,096 | (+4%) | 1,719 | 3,036 | (+77%) |
| 2 | ▲ +3* | CONTABO - Contabo GmbH | 51167 | 217,344 | 215,296 | (-1%) | 86 | 168 | (+96%) |
| 3 | ▲ +26 | AS-30083-GO-DADDY-COM-LLC | 30083 | 67,072 | 66,816 | (-0%) | 18 | 163 | (+805%) |
| 4 | ▼ -1 | IMH-WEST | 22611 | 62,720 | 62,720 | (0%) | 121 | 147 | (+21%) |
| 5 | ▼ -3 | AS-REGRU - "Domain names registrar REG.RU", Ltd | 197695 | 77,824 | 94,208 | (+21%) | 125 | 106 | (-15%) |
| 6 | ▼ -2 | INMOTI-1 | 54641 | 55,808 | 55,808 | (0%) | 90 | 96 | (+7%) |
| 7 | N/R** | UPCLOUD - UpCloud Ltd | 202053 | 54,528 | 54,528 | (0%) | 4 | 92 | (+2,077%) |
| 8 | ▲ +1 | AS-HOSTINGER - Hostinger International Limited | 47583 | 84,480 | 85,504 | (+1%) | 54 | 68 | (+24%) |
| 9 | ▼ -2 | UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1 | 46606 | 1,393,664 | 1,384,448 | (-1%) | 61 | 64 | (+4%) |
| 10 | ▲ +1 | PONYNET | 53667 | 59,136 | 60,160 | (+2%) | 47 | 59 | (+26%) |
| 11 | ▼ -5 | RACKRAY - UAB Rakrejus | 62282 | 54,784 | 58,624 | (+7%) | 63 | 58 | (-8%) |
| 12 | — | CLOUDFLARENET | 13335 | 2,542,848 | 2,550,016 | (0%) | 45 | 57 | (+26%) |
| 13 | ▲ +9 | HOSTWINDS | 54290 | 327,424 | 327,424 | (0%) | 21 | 35 | (+65%) |
| 14 | ▲ +4 | A2HOSTING | 55293 | 123,136 | 137,984 | (+12%) | 28 | 33 | (+20%) |
| 15 | ▲ +17 | LAYER-HOST | 46573 | 397,568 | 403,712 | (+2%) | 18 | 29 | (+63%) |
| 16 | ▼ -8 | NOCIX | 33387 | 57,856 | 60,160 | (+4%) | 60 | 28 | (-53%) |
| 17 | ▲ +4 | THEFIRST-AS - JSC The First | 29182 | 79,104 | 81,920 | (+4%) | 25 | 28 | (+10%) |
| 18 | ▲ +28 | SERVERIUS-AS - Serverius Holding B.V. | 50673 | 104,704 | 100,096 | (-4%) | 12 | 26 | (+125%) |
| 19 | ▲ +12 | ON-LINE-DATA - Zomro B.V. | 204601 | 65,280 | 65,792 | (+1%) | 18 | 26 | (+45%) |
| 20 | ▲ +30 | GO-DADDY-COM-LLC | 398101 | 80,384 | 90,624 | (+13%) | 10 | 25 | (+138%) |
* 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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