Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs) January 1,2025 - March 31,2025

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 (January to March 2025)

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

Rank TLD Total Malware Domains ▼
1 com 10,370
2 net 1,113
3 top 1,079
4 org 1,048
5 ru 928
6 icu 666
7 shop 501
8 xyz 468
9 cfd 383
10 eu 376
11 br 362
12 it 356
13 cn 352
14 pl 320
15 cc 266
16 fr 256
17 de 255
18 info 254
19 site 215
20 online 214

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