Malware Activity in Top-level Domains (TLDs) October 1,2025 - December 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 (October to December 2025)

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

Rank TLD Total Malware Domains ▼
1 com 6,564
2 ru 4,145
3 org 492
4 net 407
5 top 385
6 online 292
7 icu 266
8 sbs 230
9 br 211
10 xyz 209
11 shop 207
12 info 204
13 cc 169
14 cfd 157
15 site 142
16 cn 118
17 de 114
18 in 111
19 store 100
20 co 86

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