Netcraft

Netcraft is an internet services company that provides website infrastructure data, cybercrime detection and disruption services, and security testing to enterprises, financial institutions, and public-sector organizations.

• Internet data services for web server, hosting, and technology enumeration at internet scale
• Cybercrime detection, takedown, and disruption services (security operations)
• Brand protection and anti-fraud services for financial services, commerce, and other phishing targets (digital risk protection)
• Security testing and consulting, including website and network penetration testing (offensive security)
• Attack surface intelligence based on large-scale internet scanning and infrastructure monitoring (attack surface management)

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Netcraft provides internet measurement and cybersecurity services that enterprises and institutions use to monitor online infrastructure, detect cybercrime, and assess exposure across internet-facing assets.

The company maintains a broad view of the public internet through continuous scanning and data collection, including details on web servers, operating systems, hosting providers, certificates, and other infrastructure attributes. Enterprise customers use this data to support technology inventory, supplier analysis, and risk assessment across complex web environments.

In cybersecurity, Netcraft operates services that detect and disrupt phishing, malware hosting, fake shops, and other online fraud (threat intelligence and digital risk protection). These services apply large-scale data collection, pattern recognition, and automated workflows to identify suspect content and coordinate takedown activity with hosting providers, domain registrars, and other ecosystem participants. Financial institutions, ecommerce platforms, and other brands use these services to reduce exposure from fraudulent websites and related abuse.

Netcraft also offers brand and Attack Surface Monitoring (ASM) (attack surface management), enabling organizations to track domains, subdomains, IP ranges, and related infrastructure associated with their brands or networks. This supports identification of unknown or unmanaged assets, domain misuse, and cloned or impersonating sites. The same underlying internet data is used for market analysis and technology trend reporting where relevant.

On the security testing side, Netcraft conducts website and network penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and related consultancy (offensive security). These activities rely on standard security testing methodologies and protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS, Transport Layer Security (TLS), and common web and network security frameworks. Customers use these services to validate application and infrastructure security controls and to meet internal governance or regulatory expectations.

Technically, Netcraft’s offerings intersect multiple enterprise categories: threat intelligence, digital risk protection, anti-phishing, attack surface management, and security testing. The company’s long-running web survey data is used by technical stakeholders for contextual understanding of hosting environments, server deployment patterns, and public-internet exposure. In directories and marketplaces, Netcraft can be positioned under cybersecurity services, digital risk protection, and internet measurement and analytics, with applicability for Security Operations (SecOps) teams, fraud teams, and infrastructure architects.