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Stats › April 2009

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The statistics on this page are for April 1, 2009 through April 30, 2009.

Total Submissions: 16,369

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

Valid Phishes: 6,969

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

Invalid Phishes: 280

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: 58,269

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: 20 hours, 22 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 April 2009.

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

Top 10 Submitters (submissions)
1     PhishReporter (7,165)
2     cleanmx (4,369)
3     propriome (1,026)
4     joewein (516)
5     balomish (424)
6     buaya (178)
7     Harrison (165)
8     jasjohn128 (124)
9     ChickenMcNooNoo (101)
10     jdudeck (92)
Top 10 Verifiers (votes)
1     stuartgrant (14,030)
2     buaya (13,497)
3     cleanmx (11,162)
4     mxlab (3,389)
5     jasjohn128 (1,361)
6     spamreview (1,115)
7     Tromso (982)
8     knack (936)
9     afk (620)
10     Tehjames (565)

Phishing URLs

In April, 528 phishes (8% of valid phishes that month) used an IP address (i.e. http://12.34.56.78) and 6,441 (or 92%) used a domain name (i.e. http://example.com).

Top 10 Domains (valid phishes)
1     awardspace.com (97)
2     ns10-wistee.fr (84)
3     lycos.fr (61)
4     justfree.com (53)
5     justfreebooks.net (47)
6     h18.ru (45)
7     23viewlibid.com (42)
8     blackapplehost.com (38)
9     pochta.ru (38)
10     nm.ru (35)
Top 10 IPs (valid phishes)
1     74.220.199.26 (171)
2     72.55.186.8 (152)
3     216.45.59.90 (126)
4     207.150.164.70 (124)
5     89.21.3.95 (119)
6     66.7.196.78 (113)
7     213.131.252.251 (101)
8     66.128.53.115 (98)
9     75.127.81.200 (79)
10     94.124.84.10 (75)

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     iWeb Technologies Inc. 256
2     Bluehost Inc. 224
3     AT&T Internet Services 156
4     HostDime.com, Inc. 143
5     Cableuropa ONO 137
6     European Backbone of LambdaNet 134
7     TELECITYGROUP UK 130
8     Sago Networks 129
9     SPNW Secured Private Network 128
10     ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. 121

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 7,575
2     Internal Revenue Service 426
3     eBay, Inc. 356
4     Google 330
5     Bank of America Corporation 290
6     HSBC Group 228
7     JPMorgan Chase and Co. 107
8     Facebook 69
9     Wells Fargo 58
10     Barclays Bank PLC 48