Domains reported for spam declined for the third straight quarter, but we still see over 200,000 unique spam domains month after month.
New TLDs and subdomain reseller accounts continued to attract more spammers.
Bulk registrations of spam domains over the course of 2023 were unacceptably high: for the year, we determined that 36% of domains used in spam campaigns were malicious registered (i.e., by spammers, for spam). It’s insulting to dismiss spam emitted using these #weaponized domains as abuses. They are or they abet criminal acts.
Read the full report here.