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Stats › November 2010

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The statistics on this page are for November 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010.

Total Submissions: 13,292

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

Valid Phishes: 10,223

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

Invalid Phishes: 631

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: 57,009

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, 32 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 November 2010.

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

Top 10 Submitters (submissions)
1     PhishReporter (4,551)
2     propriome (1,450)
3     zender (808)
4     cleanmx (550)
5     balomish (484)
6     sw01fl (422)
7     paulch (416)
8     stuartgrant (364)
9     zender2 (296)
10     sulakir (249)
Top 10 Verifiers (votes)
1     stuartgrant (6,733)
2     knack (6,355)
3     Aminof (4,587)
4     cybercrime (4,579)
5     RealityChuck (3,553)
6     theGeezer (3,442)
7     marcoadfox (2,970)
8     Astral (2,734)
9     scamcopch (2,269)
10     buaya (2,095)

Phishing URLs

In November, 547 phishes (5% of valid phishes that month) used an IP address (i.e. http://12.34.56.78) and 9,676 (or 95%) used a domain name (i.e. http://example.com).

Top 10 Domains (valid phishes)
1     t35.com (625)
2     qrf.in (433)
3     altervista.org (276)
4     001webs.com (237)
5     110mb.com (100)
6     easily.co.uk (89)
7     x10.mx (75)
8     solidwebhost.com (70)
9     ripway.com (69)
10     freewebhostx.com (60)
Top 10 IPs (valid phishes)
1     67.215.65.133 (5,508)
2     66.45.237.212 (510)
3     69.10.48.106 (510)
4     173.236.168.37 (433)
5     98.142.221.130 (242)
6     216.245.221.83 (224)
7     67.215.65.132 (191)
8     209.172.59.196 (120)
9     67.215.66.132 (117)
10     217.119.57.22 (107)

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     NEW JERSEY INTERNATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE LLC 639
2     New Dream Network, LLC 466
3     ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. 445
4     Limestone Networks, Inc. 400
5     iWeb Technologies Inc. 368
6     HETZNER-AS Hetzner Online AG RZ 330
7     Colo at 55, LLC 242
8     SingleHop 194
9     The Columbus Network Access Point, Inc. 192
10     SoftLayer Technologies Inc. 177

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 4,723
2     Facebook 1,214
3     Zynga 590
4     Internal Revenue Service 492
5     Orkut 379
6     Sulake Corporation 376
7     HSBC Group 311
8     World of Warcraft 288
9     Steam 152
10     Bradesco 120