Phishing Activity: Domain Registrars
Quarter over Quarter Comparison:
August 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024
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 suspicious concentrations of phishing domains reported in registrar domain portfolios, and can identify registrars where phishers flock to purchase and manage phishing domains. Investigators or policy makers may focus on these for deeper analyses.
In the table below, we use the measurement reported phishing domains to compare the rankings of registrars during the May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024 period to the ranking for the August 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Phishing Domains, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2024)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
Domains under Management | Number of Phishing Domains | ||||||||
Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 ▼ | |||
1 | — | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 2,606,360 | 4,535,322 | (+74%) | 44,815 | 31,146 | (-31%) |
2 | — | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 74,570 | 126,238 | (+69%) | 42,765 | 27,628 | (-35%) |
3 | ▲ +2* | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 11,775,009 | 17,564,000 | (+49%) | 26,036 | 21,847 | (-16%) |
4 | N/R** | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 449 | 862,533 | (+192,001%) | 18,486 | 18,957 | (+3%) |
5 | ▼ -1 | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 60,162,888 | 65,365,048 | (+9%) | 27,421 | 17,420 | (-36%) |
6 | ▲ +3 | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 558,017 | 653,081 | (+17%) | 10,218 | 16,272 | (+59%) |
7 | ▼ -1 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 3,337,643 | 4,175,131 | (+25%) | 24,097 | 15,770 | (-35%) |
8 | ▼ -1 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 4,233,701 | 5,065,596 | (+20%) | 13,051 | 14,760 | (+13%) |
9 | ▼ -1 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 351,267 | 592,052 | (+69%) | 12,088 | 13,054 | (+8%) |
10 | ▼ -7 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 3,222,877 | 5,726,555 | (+78%) | 31,413 | 9,160 | (-71%) |
11 | ▲ +1 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 2,724,038 | 4,312,355 | (+58%) | 9,485 | 7,920 | (-16%) |
12 | ▲ +1 | HOSTINGER operations, UAB | 1636 | 1,533,675 | 3,232,837 | (+111%) | 9,338 | 7,493 | (-20%) |
13 | ▼ -3 | Tucows Domains Inc. | 69 | 9,067,235 | 10,004,320 | (+10%) | 9,942 | 7,018 | (-29%) |
14 | — | eNom, LLC | 48 | 3,223,166 | 3,643,369 | (+13%) | 9,194 | 6,337 | (-31%) |
15 | ▼ -4 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 391,582 | 357,242 | (-9%) | 9,660 | 5,491 | (-43%) |
16 | ▲ +1 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 594,671 | 1,040,930 | (+75%) | 4,504 | 4,698 | (+4%) |
17 | ▲ +3 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,140,762 | 1,270,158 | (+11%) | 3,631 | 3,624 | (-0%) |
18 | ▲ +4 | Internet Domain Service BS Corp | 2487 | 362,216 | 352,754 | (-3%) | 2,556 | 3,474 | (+36%) |
19 | ▲ +15 | Realtime Register B.V. | 839 | 606,029 | 843,467 | (+39%) | 1,035 | 3,188 | (+208%) |
20 | ▼ -5 | Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC | 1606 | 283,763 | 818,664 | (+189%) | 6,069 | 2,900 | (-52%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either domains under management or number of phishing domains did not meet minimum threshold for ranking
To allow comparison of large and small gTLD registrars, we rank registrars based on a metric, phishing domain score, which is calculated by dividing the number of domain names reported for phishing in a registrar by the number of domains delegated from that registrar.
gTLD registrar Phishing Score = (number of phishing domains/domains delegated from gTLD registrar) * 10,000
This score can highlight where high-volume phishers place multiple phish on one domain.
In the table below, we use the metric phishing domain score to compare and rank registrars for the May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024 period to the August 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024 period.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Phishing Domain Score, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2024)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
Domains under Management | Phishing Domain Score | ||||||||
Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 ▼ | |||
1 | — | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 74,570 | 126,238 | (+69%) | 5,734.9 | 2,188.6 | (-62%) |
2 | ▲ +4* | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 558,017 | 653,081 | (+17%) | 183.1 | 249.2 | (+36%) |
3 | ▲ +23 | Global Domain Group LLC | 3956 | 40,122 | 44,952 | (+12%) | 44.9 | 243.4 | (+443%) |
4 | ▼ -1 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 351,267 | 592,052 | (+69%) | 344.1 | 220.5 | (-36%) |
5 | N/R** | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 449 | 862,533 | (+192,001%) | 411,714.9 | 219.8 | (-100%) |
6 | ▲ +2 | Danesco Trading Ltd. | 1418 | 75,180 | 75,200 | (0%) | 151.0 | 175.3 | (+16%) |
7 | ▼ -3 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 391,582 | 357,242 | (-9%) | 246.7 | 153.7 | (-38%) |
8 | ▼ -6 | Aceville Pte. Ltd. | 3858 | 78,207 | 167,425 | (+114%) | 516.7 | 116.8 | (-77%) |
9 | — | Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. | 1601 | 136,853 | 241,053 | (+76%) | 142.9 | 105.0 | (-27%) |
10 | ▲ +6 | Internet Domain Service BS Corp | 2487 | 362,216 | 352,754 | (-3%) | 70.6 | 98.5 | (+40%) |
11 | ▼ -4 | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 2,606,360 | 4,535,322 | (+74%) | 171.9 | 68.7 | (-60%) |
12 | ▲ +50 | Hongkong Kouming International Limited | 3972 | 42,847 | 73,702 | (+72%) | 10.7 | 55.6 | (+418%) |
13 | ▼ -2 | TLD Registrar Solutions Ltd. | 1564 | 34,108 | 72,797 | (+113%) | 117.0 | 54.4 | (-53%) |
14 | ▲ +4 | Global Domain Name Trading Center Ltd | 3792 | 57,941 | 64,125 | (+11%) | 54.9 | 53.3 | (-3%) |
15 | ▼ -1 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 594,671 | 1,040,930 | (+75%) | 75.7 | 45.1 | (-40%) |
16 | ▲ +8 | Cosmotown, Inc. | 1509 | 303,034 | 315,861 | (+4%) | 47.1 | 41.4 | (-12%) |
17 | N/R | Zhengzhou Century Connect Electronic Technology Development Co., Ltd | 2805 | 9,923 | 34,071 | (+243%) | 23.2 | 41.1 | (+77%) |
18 | ▲ +28 | Realtime Register B.V. | 839 | 606,029 | 843,467 | (+39%) | 17.1 | 37.8 | (+121%) |
19 | ▼ -4 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 3,337,643 | 4,175,131 | (+25%) | 72.2 | 37.8 | (-48%) |
20 | ▼ -15 | Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC | 1606 | 283,763 | 818,664 | (+189%) | 213.9 | 35.4 | (-83%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either domains under management or number of phishing domains did not meet minimum threshold for ranking
The final table compares and ranks gTLD registrars by malicious domain registrations.
Ranking of Domain Registrars by Malicious Domain Registrations, Quarter over Quarter (August to October 2024)
Registrars with a minimum of 30,000 domains under management and 25 phishing domains
Domains under Management | Malicious Domain Registrations | ||||||||
Rank | Registrar | IANA ID | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 | May to July 2024 | August to October 2024 ▼ | |||
1 | — | NameSilo, LLC | 1479 | 2,606,360 | 4,535,322 | (+74%) | 35,483 | 24,519 | (-31%) |
2 | — | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED | 3765 | 74,570 | 126,238 | (+69%) | 31,639 | 20,632 | (-35%) |
3 | N/R** | Key-Systems, LLC | 1345 | 449 | 862,533 | (+192,001%) | 18,425 | 18,878 | (+2%) |
4 | — | NameCheap, Inc. | 1068 | 11,775,009 | 17,564,000 | (+49%) | 18,129 | 15,557 | (-14%) |
5 | ▲ +6* | Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc | 460 | 558,017 | 653,081 | (+17%) | 7,539 | 13,560 | (+80%) |
6 | ▲ +1 | Dominet (HK) Limited | 3775 | 351,267 | 592,052 | (+69%) | 11,125 | 11,904 | (+7%) |
7 | ▲ +1 | Gname.com Pte. Ltd. | 1923 | 4,233,701 | 5,065,596 | (+20%) | 9,936 | 11,439 | (+15%) |
8 | ▼ -3 | GoDaddy.com, LLC | 146 | 60,162,888 | 65,365,048 | (+9%) | 16,655 | 11,431 | (-31%) |
9 | ▼ -3 | PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com | 303 | 3,337,643 | 4,175,131 | (+25%) | 15,930 | 9,016 | (-43%) |
10 | ▼ -7 | GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com | 49 | 3,222,877 | 5,726,555 | (+78%) | 28,775 | 6,835 | (-76%) |
11 | ▲ +1 | Dynadot Inc | 472 | 2,724,038 | 4,312,355 | (+58%) | 7,357 | 6,303 | (-14%) |
12 | ▼ -3 | eNom, LLC | 48 | 3,223,166 | 3,643,369 | (+13%) | 8,168 | 4,648 | (-43%) |
13 | — | HOSTINGER operations, UAB | 1636 | 1,533,675 | 3,232,837 | (+111%) | 6,095 | 4,608 | (-24%) |
14 | ▲ +1 | Tucows Domains Inc. | 69 | 9,067,235 | 10,004,320 | (+10%) | 5,046 | 3,788 | (-25%) |
15 | ▲ +2 | Sav.com, LLC | 609 | 594,671 | 1,040,930 | (+75%) | 3,479 | 3,418 | (-2%) |
16 | ▼ -6 | OwnRegistrar, Inc. | 1250 | 391,582 | 357,242 | (-9%) | 7,698 | 3,242 | (-58%) |
17 | ▼ -3 | Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC | 1606 | 283,763 | 818,664 | (+189%) | 5,112 | 2,443 | (-52%) |
18 | ▲ +14 | Realtime Register B.V. | 839 | 606,029 | 843,467 | (+39%) | 784 | 1,889 | (+141%) |
19 | ▲ +1 | Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu | 1647 | 1,140,762 | 1,270,158 | (+11%) | 1,937 | 1,775 | (-8%) |
20 | ▲ +5 | Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) | 1599 | 1,880,659 | 3,833,037 | (+104%) | 1,164 | 1,700 | (+46%) |
* Indicates change over prior quarter
** Indicates not ranked in prior quarter; either domains under management or number of phishing domains did not meet minimum threshold for ranking
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