Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs) April 1,2025 - June 30,2025

We analyzed the domains reported as serving up malware to see how they were distributed across the top-level domains. For our analysis, we extract the Top-level Domain (e.g., com, xyz, uk) from the hostnames we found in malware reports.

In the table below, we present the twenty TLDs that had the highest number of domains reported as serving up malware. A complete list of TLDs where malware was reported for the quarter can be downloaded in CSV format from the Records page.

Ranking of TLDs by Malware Domains (April to June 2025)

TLDs with a minimum of 30,000 domains and 25 malware domains

Rank TLD Total Malware Domains ▼
1 com 11,414
2 net 1,373
3 xyz 766
4 top 763
5 ru 663
6 org 540
7 icu 348
8 pl 283
9 cc 282
10 shop 280
11 cn 278
12 id 259
13 run 259
14 info 244
15 vip 234
16 live 218
17 de 216
18 it 193
19 br 186
20 biz 176

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