Phishing Activity: Hosting Networks (ASNs)
Quarter over Quarter Comparison:
August 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023
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, 2023 - July 31, 2023 period to the ranking for the August 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023 period.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attacks, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2023)
| IPv4 Addresses Assigned | Number of Phishing Attacks | ||||||||
| Rank | Hosting Provider | AS Number | May to July 2023 | August to October 2023 | May to July 2023 | August to October 2023 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | Cloudflare, Inc. | 13335 | 2,550,016 | 2,568,960 | (+1%) | 100,426 | 97,200 | (-3%) |
| 2 | — | Google LLC | 15169 | 11,737,344 | 10,882,304 | (-7%) | 98,732 | 46,769 | (-53%) |
| 3 | ▲ +1* | Fastly, Inc. | 54113 | 981,792 | 1,042,016 | (+6%) | 15,396 | 18,815 | (+22%) |
| 4 | ▲ +2 | Amazon.com, Inc. | 16509 | 45,135,616 | 45,515,264 | (+1%) | 10,056 | 12,384 | (+23%) |
| 5 | N/R** | Netminders Server Hosting | 7040 | 29,440 | 28,672 | (-3%) | 9,501 | 7,010 | (-26%) |
| 6 | ▲ +6 | Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited | 132203 | 2,674,944 | 2,604,544 | (-3%) | 4,479 | 5,757 | (+29%) |
| 7 | N/R | Weebly, Inc. | 27647 | 2,048 | 2,304 | (+13%) | 10,251 | 5,671 | (-45%) |
| 8 | ▲ +9 | Microsoft Corporation | 8075 | 53,422,080 | 53,412,608 | (-0%) | 2,696 | 5,364 | (+99%) |
| 9 | ▼ -4 | M247 Ltd | 9009 | 1,183,488 | 1,373,696 | (+16%) | 13,930 | 5,196 | (-63%) |
| 10 | N/R | Hostinger International Limited | 204915 | 768 | 768 | (0%) | 5,060 | 5,191 | (+3%) |
| 11 | ▼ -4 | Nocix, LLC | 33387 | 67,072 | 67,840 | (+1%) | 5,646 | 5,165 | (-9%) |
| 12 | ▼ -4 | WholeSale Internet, Inc. | 32097 | 211,456 | 245,248 | (+16%) | 5,095 | 4,973 | (-2%) |
| 13 | N/R | Protocol Labs | 40680 | 1,024 | 1,024 | (0%) | 4,418 | 4,917 | (+11%) |
| 14 | ▲ +1 | DigitalOcean, LLC | 14061 | 2,848,512 | 2,866,944 | (+1%) | 3,200 | 4,742 | (+48%) |
| 15 | ▼ -6 | Google LLC | 396982 | 25,431,808 | 34,444,800 | (+35%) | 5,087 | 4,337 | (-15%) |
| 16 | ▼ -3 | Unified Layer | 46606 | 813,056 | 814,336 | (0%) | 4,199 | 4,177 | (-1%) |
| 17 | ▼ -3 | Network Solutions, LLC | 19871 | 266,752 | 264,448 | (-1%) | 3,892 | 4,046 | (+4%) |
| 18 | ▼ -7 | Amazon.com, Inc. | 14618 | 16,508,928 | 16,542,720 | (0%) | 4,638 | 4,011 | (-14%) |
| 19 | N/R | QuadraNet Enterprises LLC | 64270 | 20,480 | 19,968 | (-3%) | 4,000 | 3,408 | (-15%) |
| 20 | ▼ -10 | Hostinger International Limited | 47583 | 190,976 | 222,464 | (+16%) | 4,686 | 3,332 | (-29%) |
* 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, 2023 - July 31, 2023 period to the ranking for the August 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023 period.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Phishing Attack Score, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2023)
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 2023 | August to October 2023 | May to July 2023 | August to October 2023 ▼ | |||
| 1 | — | Nocix, LLC | 33387 | 67,072 | 67,840 | (+1%) | 842 | 761 | (-10%) |
| 2 | — | Cloudflare, Inc. | 13335 | 2,550,016 | 2,568,960 | (+1%) | 394 | 378 | (-4%) |
| 3 | — | Namecheap, Inc. | 22612 | 75,968 | 85,184 | (+12%) | 323 | 237 | (-26%) |
| 4 | ▲ +1* | WholeSale Internet, Inc. | 32097 | 211,456 | 245,248 | (+16%) | 241 | 203 | (-16%) |
| 5 | ▲ +1 | Fastly, Inc. | 54113 | 981,792 | 1,042,016 | (+6%) | 157 | 181 | (+15%) |
| 6 | ▲ +1 | Network Solutions, LLC | 19871 | 266,752 | 264,448 | (-1%) | 146 | 153 | (+5%) |
| 7 | ▼ -3 | Hostinger International Limited | 47583 | 190,976 | 222,464 | (+16%) | 245 | 150 | (-39%) |
| 8 | ▲ +11 | Tier.Net Technologies LLC | 397423 | 57,856 | 58,880 | (+2%) | 44 | 145 | (+226%) |
| 9 | N/R** | PureVoltage Hosting Inc. | 26548 | 55,040 | 55,808 | (+1%) | 1 | 126 | (+17,156%) |
| 10 | ▼ -2 | Dreamscape Networks PTY LTD | 38719 | 82,944 | 84,736 | (+2%) | 138 | 107 | (-23%) |
| 11 | ▲ +5 | Host Europe GmbH | 21499 | 53,504 | 51,456 | (-4%) | 51 | 92 | (+82%) |
| 12 | ▲ +23 | VIETNAM POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP | 135905 | 175,360 | 176,896 | (+1%) | 26 | 86 | (+232%) |
| 13 | N/R | PEG TECH INC | 398823 | 237,312 | 261,888 | (+10%) | 1 | 68 | (+11,381%) |
| 14 | ▲ +1 | Unified Layer | 46606 | 813,056 | 814,336 | (0%) | 52 | 51 | (-1%) |
| 15 | ▲ +37 | Scalaxy B.V. | 58061 | 62,464 | 65,280 | (+5%) | 14 | 46 | (+219%) |
| 16 | ▼ -6 | TimeWeb Ltd. | 9123 | 87,042 | 99,073 | (+14%) | 132 | 45 | (-66%) |
| 17 | ▲ +16 | CMC Telecom Infrastructure Company | 45903 | 114,688 | 99,584 | (-13%) | 27 | 44 | (+64%) |
| 18 | ▼ -5 | Google LLC | 15169 | 11,737,344 | 10,882,304 | (-7%) | 84 | 43 | (-49%) |
| 19 | ▲ +17 | PDR | 394695 | 69,632 | 96,000 | (+38%) | 25 | 41 | (+59%) |
| 20 | ▲ +6 | Sharktech | 46844 | 224,000 | 222,720 | (-1%) | 29 | 40 | (+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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