Top 15 Most Abused TLDs in February 2010
By Gina on March 4, 2010 | Phishing, TLD, .ru domain, Phishing, top level domains
Avira recently released report about the most abused TLDs in February 2010. The main difference noticeable from January is that the .ru domain were used 64% often that January. This factor was the reason that .ru domains ended on the 3rd place in this top 15 (see the list below).
Phishing (top level domains, %):
1) .com 46.20
2) Others 11.27
3) .ru 9.92
4) .org 6.24
5) .net 5.27
6) IP Address 4.16
7) .kr 4.00
8) .cz 3.76
9) .uk 2.37
10) .fr 1.67
11) .pl 1.17
12) .info 1.12
13) .de 1.03
14) .au 1.03
15) .it 0.80
What is new that .cn domains disappeared from Fabruary's Phishing top. That means their amount is very much under 1%.
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