RE: [gnso-res-sga] Whois working group -- subgroup A (reponsibilities)

["Christopher Gibson" <cgibson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Given some of the legitimate uses of WHOIS data to combat fraudulent
practices, here is a snapshot from the March Anti-Phishing Working Group
(APWG) statistics that might be helpful to consider.  Statistical Highlights
for March 2007:

 

* Number of unique phishing reports received in March: 24853

* Number of unique phishing sites received in March: 20871

* Number of brands hijacked by phishing campaigns in March: 166

* Number of brands comprising the top 80% of phishing campaigns in March:

12

* Country hosting the most phishing websites in March: United States

* Contain some form of target name in URL: 27.9 %

* No hostname just IP address: 17 %

* Percentage of sites not using port 80: 3 %

* Average time online for site: 4 days

* Longest time online for site: 31 days

 

Countries Hosting Phishing Sites

 

In March, WebsenseR Security LabsT saw a continuation of the top three
countries hosing phishing websites. The United States remains at the top of
the list with 27.53%. The rest of the top 10 breakdown is as follows:
Republic of Korea 18.19%, China 5.53%, Germany 4.68%, France 2.67%, Chile
2.51%, United Kingdom 2.27%, Russia 2.01%, Canada 1.86%, and Japan with
1.86%.

 

Chris Gibson

 

 

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