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Stats › April 2013

The statistics on this page are for April 1, 2013 through April 30, 2013.

Total Submissions: 35,237

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

Valid Phishes: 18,114

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

Invalid Phishes: 1,373

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: 124,638

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: 04 hours, 08 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 2013.

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

Top 10 Submitters (submissions)
1     cleanmx (14,631)
2     PhishReporter (6,613)
3     knack (2,013)
4     LinhaDefensiva (1,602)
5     joewein (1,245)
6     billwake (900)
7     fedalove (518)
8     tjatatt (497)
9     jonade (427)
10     alsf78 (325)
Top 10 Verifiers (votes)
1     knack (25,422)
2     cybercrime (21,389)
3     andrea78vr (18,894)
4     Andrei1 (10,928)
5     heymoe (9,886)
6     buaya (9,297)
7     phishphucker (6,720)
8     paulch (5,893)
9     NotBuyingIt (2,201)
10     leofelix (2,013)

Phishing URLs

In April, 853 phishes (5% of valid phishes that month) used an IP address (i.e. http://12.34.56.78) and 17,275 (or 95%) used a domain name (i.e. http://example.com).

Top 10 Domains (valid phishes)
1     calculmental.ma (214)
2     pulpo-marina.com (184)
3     domingorijo.com.do (168)
4     angiesuccess.com (163)
5     januartilbud.dk (161)
6     art.br (160)
7     cjpsalaj.ro (150)
8     3owl.com (116)
9     avers-66.ru (115)
10     qpix.it (108)
Top 10 IPs (valid phishes)
1     72.55.186.11 (308)
2     187.108.192.56 (296)
3     63.247.80.138 (233)
4     222.236.44.17 (167)
5     77.66.30.216 (164)
6     198.58.82.128 (163)
7     85.186.29.23 (150)
8     81.88.48.78 (143)
9     108.162.196.103 (134)
10     108.162.197.103 (132)

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     SoftLayer Technologies Inc. 906
2     HOSTINGER-AS Hostinger International Limited 897
3     iWeb Technologies Inc. 782
4     Unified Layer 676
5     HETZNER-AS Hetzner Online AG 465
6     OVH OVH Systems 416
7     Global Net Access, LLC 365
8     Universo Online S.A. 335
9     ONEANDONE-AS 1&1 Internet AG 281
10     ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc. 281

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 10,388
2     AOL 796
3     Cielo 762
4     Bradesco 545
5     Nets 296
6     Visa 257
7     Wells Fargo 233
8     Itau 232
9     Steam 226
10     JPMorgan Chase and Co. 170