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Stats › January 2012

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Published: February 3, 2011

The statistics on this page are for January 1, 2012 through January 31, 2012.

Total Submissions: 19,478

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

Valid Phishes: 13,892

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

Invalid Phishes: 1,081

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: 78,908

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: 02 hours, 01 minutes

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



Most Active Users

Out of the more than 20,000 members of the PhishTank community, these members were the most active in January 2012.

Note: One member account (PhishReporter) represents an organization, not an individual.

Top 10 Submitters (submissions)
1     PhishReporter (5,328)
2     cleanmx (2,484)
3     buaya (988)
4     DefesaDigital (813)
5     vivi (664)
6     knack (662)
7     propriome (626)
8     demartin (557)
9     zender (369)
10     paulch (310)
Top 10 Verifiers (votes)
1     cybercrime (13,791)
2     stuartgrant (10,532)
3     knack (9,526)
4     andrea78vr (8,587)
5     buaya (5,001)
6     heymoe (3,434)
7     Nottambulo (2,721)
8     sir1963nz (1,983)
9     meesterserg (1,840)
10     tetak (1,686)

Phishing URLs

In January, 1,117 phishes (8% of valid phishes that month) used an IP address (i.e. http://12.34.56.78) and 12,821 (or 92%) used a domain name (i.e. http://example.com).

Top 10 Domains (valid phishes)
1     wzproject.com.br (631)
2     webcindario.com (550)
3     humanlibraries.org.au (394)
4     altervista.org (364)
5     vision6.com.au (82)
6     piuchepuoi.it (68)
7     69.64.43.179 (59)
8     85.17.212.38 (47)
9     ovh.net (43)
10     x90x.net (41)
Top 10 IPs (valid phishes)
1     96.127.138.50 (635)
2     89.17.220.221 (550)
3     203.13.160.191 (394)
4     203.17.36.111 (329)
5     187.108.192.52 (100)
6     93.170.52.20 (93)
7     93.170.52.30 (91)
8     203.145.62.232 (82)
9     209.237.150.20 (82)
10     81.29.193.2 (68)

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     SingleHop 1,441
2     ACENS_AS acens Technologies, S.L. 554
3     HETZNER-AS Hetzner Online AG RZ 440
4     CIA-AS connect infobahn australia (CIA) 403
5     EXETEL-AS-AP Exetel Pty Ltd 394
6     iWeb Technologies Inc. 351
7     OVH OVH Systems 335
8     ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. 326
9     SoftLayer Technologies Inc. 291
10     LEASEWEB LeaseWeb B.V. 234

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 6,317
2     Facebook 993
3     TAM Fidelidade 741
4     Santander UK 537
5     Mastercard 291
6     Cielo 257
7     AOL 241
8     Poste Italiane 211
9     Bradesco 179
10     JPMorgan Chase and Co. 174

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