Of the top five country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) identified as likely to be malicious, four were associated with island nations. Domains linked to the Faroe Islands (.fo) were the most prevalent, with 27% of their traffic deemed malicious. Other island nations high on this list included Grenada, Mayotte, and Wallis and Futuna.
Of the top five country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) identified as likely to be malicious, four were associated with island nations. Domains linked to the Faroe Islands (.fo) were the most prevalent, with 27% of their traffic deemed malicious. Other island nations high on this list included Grenada, Mayotte, and Wallis and Futuna. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by DNSFilter in July 2025. It covers topics including DNS traffic. The original data appears in The DNS Record: Q3 Security Report 2025. For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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Of the top five country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) identified as likely to be malicious, four were associated with island nations. Domains linked to the Faroe Islands (.fo) were the most prevalent, with 27% of their traffic deemed malicious. Other island nations high on this list included Grenada, Mayotte, and Wallis and Futuna. This data was published by DNSFilter and covers DNS traffic.
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This statistic comes from The DNS Record: Q3 Security Report 2025, published by DNSFilter on July 31, 2025. You can view the original report at https://explore.dnsfilter.com/quarterly-security-report.
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