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zdnet.com Domain Breach Exposure Report

Risk Score

High Risk

Massive event volume or critical assets compromised.

AI Findings Summary

Critical

The telemetry indicates a significant exposure event affecting zdnet.com, with a high risk score of 91. The primary concern stems from 20,978 historical data breaches and 2,908 active infostealer logs, impacting a large number of clients (23,628) and a smaller number of employees (258). The timeline shows a surge in client-related events in March 2026 and a consistent presence of employee-related events throughout the observed period, peaking in April 2026. Malware families like Redline and LummaC2 are prevalent, suggesting credential harvesting and data exfiltration are ongoing threats. The majority of leaked data originates from combolist sources, indicating compromised credentials are a major component of this exposure.

Total Events

23,886
credential exposure events

Employee Affected Events

258
account email domain = zdnet.com

Client Affected Events

23,628
service target = zdnet.com

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12-Month Events Timeline

Event volume by breach date, employee VS client

EmployeesClients
8,0005,3332,6670
peak month 6,332
Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jun 26

Infostealers VS Data Breaches

Live stealer logs VS data breaches

Infostealer logs
Events2,908
Share12%
Data breaches
Events20,978
Share88%
Infostealer logs (12%)
2,908events
Data breaches (88%)
20,978events

258 compromised employee accounts pose an infrastructure risk, while 23,628 leaked client credentials create regulatory liability.

Antivirus Distribution

Security Tools on Infected Endpoints

Windows Defender414
Avast Antivirus17
Malwarebytes9
Windows Defender [ON]4
Windows Defender.3
Windows Defender Avast Antivirus.1
ノートン 3601

Malware Families Distribution

Distribution of Active Stealer Strains

Redline473
LummaC2471
Blank Grabber312
Rhadamanthys238
Acreed189
Vidar116
RisePro65
StealC38
Millenium28

Top Login URLs

Top exposed services found in the event results

  1. 1https://downloads.zdnet.com1,466
  2. 2downloads.zdnet.com1,416
  3. 3zdnet.com1,098
  4. 4https://zdnet.com797
  5. 5https://www.zdnet.com748
  6. 6https://www.zdnet.com/620
  7. 7https://login.zdnet.com/u/signup480
  8. 8www.zdnet.com425
  9. 9https://secure.zdnet.com391
  10. 10zdnet.com/391

Infostealer By Geography

Shows the distribution of Infostealer-related credential exposure events across different geographic regions. The location is determined by analyzing the metadata of the infected machines associated with each event.

United States
Events357
India
Events217
Japan
Events80
Pakistan
Events79
South Africa
Events53
Kenya
Events42
Egypt
Events42

Country Breakdown

  1. 1United States357
  2. 2North Macedonia275
  3. 3India217
  4. 4Japan80
  5. 5Pakistan79
  6. 6South Africa53
  7. 7Kenya42
  8. 8Egypt42

Services Classification Distribution

Blast radius - closer to core = more critical infrastructure, size = credential volume

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Total

Operating System Distribution

Distribution of compromised endpoint builds

Windows 11248
Windows 10 Enterprise x64224
Windows 10 22H2 build 19045 (64 Bit)126
Windows 11 24H2 build 26100 (64 Bit)99
Windows 10 Home x6499

Leak Repository Classification

Where the exposed records currently reside

0
Named breaches
20,902
Combolist pools
76
Unattributed dumps

Disclaimer: This report includes AI-generated content. AI can make mistakes, so verify important findings independently before taking action.