Spam Activity in Hosting Networks (ASNs)
March 1,2024 - May 31,2024
To see where spammed content or spambots were being hosted, we collected the IP addresses that spam domains were resolving to when spam activity was detected and added to a threat or block list. We then identified the ASN where the IP prefix containing the IP address was allocated. This number identifies the hosting network where spammed content or a spambot was reported.
In the table below, we show the twenty hosting networks with the highest numbers of reports of spammed content or spambots. Complete lists of ASNs reported for the period can be downloaded in CSV format from the Records page.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Hosted Spammed Content or Spambots (March to May 2024)
Rank | AS Name | AS number | # Routed IPv4 Addresses |
# of Spammed Content or Spambot Hosts ▼ |
Spam Score |
1 | Google LLC | 15169 | 11,244,800 | 128,102 | 113.9 |
2 | Clayer Limited | 137951 | 793,088 | 102,002 | 1,286.1 |
3 | Cloudflare, Inc. | 13335 | 2,600,960 | 94,809 | 364.5 |
4 | CTG Server Limited | 152194 | 1,112,320 | 61,319 | 551.3 |
5 | BGP Consultancy Pte Ltd | 64050 | 97,280 | 61,042 | 6,274.9 |
6 | Microsoft Corporation | 8075 | 57,114,112 | 53,482 | 9.4 |
7 | Amazon.com, Inc. | 16509 | 46,970,368 | 52,383 | 11.2 |
8 | IQWeb FZ-LLC | 59692 | 7,936 | 51,711 | 65,160.0 |
9 | Dimension Network & Communication Limited | 59371 | 53,760 | 48,480 | 9,017.9 |
10 | OVH SAS | 16276 | 4,403,456 | 36,258 | 82.3 |
11 | CNSERVERS LLC | 40065 | 1,409,536 | 34,103 | 241.9 |
12 | diva-e Datacenters GmbH | 44066 | 267,520 | 23,903 | 893.5 |
13 | POWER LINE (HK) CO., LIMITED | 132839 | 1,031,936 | 16,923 | 164.0 |
14 | Google LLC | 396982 | 35,098,368 | 16,591 | 4.7 |
15 | PEG TECH INC | 398478 | 122,112 | 15,735 | 1,288.6 |
16 | Aodao Inc | 55020 | 247,808 | 15,427 | 622.5 |
17 | Skycloud Computing co., Ltd. | 7483 | 8,704 | 15,242 | 17,511.5 |
18 | DREAM CLOUD INNOVATION LIMITED | 211392 | 2,816 | 15,221 | 54,051.9 |
19 | Datacamp Limited | 212238 | 498,688 | 13,719 | 275.1 |
20 | XNNET LLC | 54467 | 49,152 | 12,511 | 2,545.4 |
To allow comparison of large and small Hosting Networks (ASNs), we also rank Hosting Networks based on a metric, hosting network spam score, which is calculated by dividing the number of spammed content or spambot hosts reported against an ASN by the number of routable IPv4 addresses allocated to that ASN.
Hosting (ASN) Spam Score = (number of spammed content or spambot hosts /IP Addresses in ASN) * 10,000
In the table below, we show the top 20 hosting operators based on spam score.
Ranking of Hosting Networks (ASNs) by Spam Attack Score (March to May 2024)
Hosting Networks (ASNs) with a minimum of 50,000 IPv4 addresses and 25 spam attacks
Rank | AS Name | AS number | # Routed IPv4 Addresses |
# of Spammed Content or Spambot Hosts |
Spam Score ▼ |
1 | Dimension Network & Communication Limited | 59371 | 53,760 | 48,480 | 9,017.9 |
2 | BGP Consultancy Pte Ltd | 64050 | 97,280 | 61,042 | 6,274.9 |
3 | Hong Kong Communications International Co., Limited | 140227 | 63,744 | 9,674 | 1,517.6 |
4 | PEG TECH INC | 398478 | 122,112 | 15,735 | 1,288.6 |
5 | Clayer Limited | 137951 | 793,088 | 102,002 | 1,286.1 |
6 | SonderCloud Limited | 133199 | 63,744 | 7,802 | 1,224.0 |
7 | Namecheap, Inc. | 22612 | 86,976 | 8,354 | 960.5 |
8 | diva-e Datacenters GmbH | 44066 | 267,520 | 23,903 | 893.5 |
9 | Cloudflare London, LLC | 209242 | 118,016 | 10,509 | 890.5 |
10 | Cloudie Limited | 55933 | 137,216 | 9,664 | 704.3 |
11 | Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd. | 55967 | 68,352 | 4,476 | 654.9 |
12 | Aodao Inc | 55020 | 247,808 | 15,427 | 622.5 |
13 | CTG Server Limited | 152194 | 1,112,320 | 61,319 | 551.3 |
14 | BEKKOAME INTERNET INC. | 4686 | 156,672 | 8,460 | 540.0 |
15 | Tier.Net Technologies LLC | 397423 | 61,696 | 3,176 | 514.8 |
16 | Latitude.sh | 396356 | 62,208 | 2,875 | 462.2 |
17 | rainbow network limited | 138968 | 51,968 | 2,043 | 393.1 |
18 | Tcloudnet | 399077 | 134,016 | 5,081 | 379.1 |
19 | Eagle Sky Co., Lt | 55303 | 67,328 | 2,535 | 376.5 |
20 | Cloudflare, Inc. | 13335 | 2,600,960 | 94,809 | 364.5 |
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