DigitalOcean lookalike domains
Greyphish has recorded 39 domains that resemble DigitalOcean since February 2026, 4 of them in the last 90 days. Most of them (85%) are typosquats, a keystroke or two away from the real name. .com carries 95% of them, out of 3 endings in all.
Data as of . Public sources only.
What kind of lookalikes
Lookalikes per week
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| Week of | Typo | Combo | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-04-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-04 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-05-18 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-05-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-06-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-07-20 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-07-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-28 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-10-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Endings
The 3 most used of the 3 top-level domains these lookalikes sit under.
| Ending | Lookalikes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| .com | 37 | 94.9% |
| .app | 1 | 2.6% |
| .in | 1 | 2.6% |
Where they are registered
For the 34 with a registrar in WHOIS (87% of all). Brand-protection registrars mostly hold defensive registrations made by brands themselves, so a domain there is more likely the brand's own than an imitation.
| Registrar | Lookalikes | Share | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dynadot | 7 | 20.6% | Retail |
| GoDaddy | 7 | 20.6% | Retail |
| GMO Internet Group | 4 | 11.8% | Retail |
| Spaceship | 4 | 11.8% | Retail |
| Cosmotown | 3 | 8.8% | Retail |
| Alibaba Cloud | 2 | 5.9% | Retail |
| Namecheap | 2 | 5.9% | Retail |
| AppCroNix Infotech Private | 1 | 2.9% | Retail |
Recent examples
The 10 most recent, written with [.] so they cannot be clicked. The brand's own domains and registrations held by brand-protection registrars are left out. A lookalike resembles DigitalOcean; it is not necessarily malicious, and none of these is a claim about who registered it or why.
digtalocean[.]comTypo, Oct 3Not checkeddiitalocean[.]comTypo, Jul 26Not checkedidgitalocean[.]comTypo, Jul 24Not checkeddigitaloceanweb[.]comCombo, Jul 19Not checkedsea-mx3-app-xre72-digitalocean[.]appCombo, May 23Not checkeddgitalocean[.]comTypo, May 11Not checkeddigialocean[.]comTypo, Apr 23Not checkeddigitalosean[.]comTypo, Apr 15Not checkeddigitlocean[.]comTypo, Apr 12Not checkedigitalocean[.]comTypo, Apr 12Not checked
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Greyphish is not affiliated with DigitalOcean. Domains listed resemble DigitalOcean by spelling; registration alone says nothing about intent. Counts cover domains first seen in public Certificate Transparency logs and ICANN zone files; domains that Greyphish customers watch are excluded.