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Stats › March 2007

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Published: April 3, 2007

The statistics on this page are for March 1, 2007 through March 31, 2007.

Total Submissions: 11,620

The total number of suspected phishes submitted by the PhishTank community.

Valid Phishes: 10,515

The total number of submissions verified as valid by the PhishTank community.

Invalid Phishes: 513

The total number of submissions verified as invalid by the PhishTank community.

Note: Many phishing emails were offline at the time of submission to PhishTank. Offline phishes cannot be voted on, and therefore cannot be verified.

Total Votes: 77,471

The total number of "is a phish," "is not a phish," and "I don't know" votes made by the PhishTank community.

Median Time To Verify: 6 hours, 7 minutes

The median time it took the PhishTank community to verify submissions as valid or invalid.



Most Active Users

Out of the more than 14,000 members of the PhishTank community, these members were the most active in March 2007.

Top 10 Submitters (submissions)
1     ruralnetcop (2.517)
2     funchords (1,705)
3     cleanmx (740)
4     Micha (706)
5     JustaPerson (676)
6     stlpaul (637)
7     spamfighter (430)
8     punkki (411)
9     buaya (236)
10     tetak (174)
Top 10 Verifiers (votes)
1     miowpurr (9,331)
2     bowlby4 (8,135)
3     ruralnetcop (7,380)
4     Char (6,837)
5     tetak (5,036)
6     buaya (4,633)
7     DougieLawson (3,779)
8     JustaPerson (3,338)
9     Aquarius (2,596)
10     Pwnage (2,376)

Phishing URLs

In March, 2,141 phishes (20% of valid phishes that month) used an IP address (i.e. http://12.34.56.78) and 8,374 (or 80%) used a domain name (i.e. http://example.com).

Top 10 Domains (valid phishes)
1     idisop.hk (63)
2     idisor.hk (62)
3     rr.com (57)
4     userdtt.hk (53)
5     jdllid.hk (52)
5     idisap.hk (52)
7     idissp.hk (49)
8     idisup.hk (48)
9     lltco.hk (47)
10     troniekweb.hk (45)
Top 10 IPs (valid phishes)
1     208.69.32.130 (3,049)
2     219.251.166.157 (1289)
3     85.130.89.181 (427)
4     80.97.64.230 (324)
5     218.25.39.120 (318)
6     220.93.72.216 (302)
7     67.15.35.126 (276)
8     220.135.238.25 (204)
9     72.190.127.130 (199)
10     211.3.201.30 (198)

Networks That Host Phishes

The servers hosting verified phishes are under the responsibility of these networks. PhishTank knows this because it traces phishing Web sites to an IP address. These are the organizations responsible for those IP addresses.

Top 10 NetworksValid Phishes
1     Hanaro Telecom Inc. 1,469
2     SBC Internet Services 637
3     NetSurf 429
4     Korea Telecom 419
5     CNCGROUP China169 Backbone 392
6     ODN JAPAN TELECOM CO.,LTD. 372
7     ASTRAL ASTRAL Telecom SA, Romania 330
8     Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. 298
9     Everyones Internet 286
10     HINET Data Communication Business Group 254

Popular Targets

These are the brands that were fraudulently represented in phishing emails. Targets are identified by the submitter at the time of submission, or determined by PhishTank's software to the best of its ability. The majority of phishes are not categorized with a target.

Top 10 Identified TargetsValid Phishes
1     PayPal 2227
2     eBay, Inc. 986
3     Bank of America Corporation 536
4     Barclays Bank PLC 335
5     Branch Banking and Trust Company 221
6     US Bank 209
7     Wells Fargo 161
7     JPMorgan Chase and Co. 161
9     Wachovia 139
10     Capital One 96

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