OpenDNS Announces November 2008 PhishTank Findings, More Than 29,000 Unique Scams Submitted to the Tank
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Dec 8, 2008 — SAN FRANCISCO -- OpenDNS (www.opendns.com), the award-winning navigation service that makes the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable, today announced November 2008 statistics for PhishTank.com, the free community Web site where anyone can submit, verify, track and share phishing data. During the month of November, the PhishTank community voted more than 115,000 times on more than 29,000 suspected phishes. OpenDNS is the world's largest, fastest-growing DNS service. PhishTank is the only consumer-friendly, anti-phishing effort that publicly shares timely phishing data.
Highlights from the November 2008 PhishTank statistics include:
Total number of votes by the PhishTank community: 115,687
Total number of unique, suspected phishing scams reported: 29,936
Country hosting the most phishing sites: United States
Percentage of phishing sites hosted in United States: 39
Median time it took for the PhishTank community to verify phishes: 11 hours, 2 minutes
For more detailed information about PhishTank's November 2008 statistics, including graphics you can use on your Web site, please visit: http://www.phishtank.com/stats/2008/11/
About PhishTank
PhishTank is operated by OpenDNS and is the first and only effort of its kind. Launched in October 2006 to coincide with National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the site employs a sophisticated voting system that requires the community to vote "phish" or "not phish," reducing the possibility of false positives and improving the overall breadth and coverage of the phishing data. PhishTank makes all phishing data it accumulates public and available via programmable APIs, which allow other software developers to incorporate the anti-phishing data into their tools. The open access is intended to encourage the sharing of information and increase the chance of eliminating phishing all together. For more information about PhishTank, please visit: www.phishtank.com
About OpenDNS
OpenDNS is the world's largest and fastest-growing DNS provider, making the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable for millions of people around the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company operates a new kind of recursive Domain Name System (DNS) service that enables the delivery of services like Web content filtering and industry-leading phishing protection through the DNS, free and without requiring users to download or install software. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: http://www.opendns.com
Highlights from the November 2008 PhishTank statistics include:
Total number of votes by the PhishTank community: 115,687
Total number of unique, suspected phishing scams reported: 29,936
Country hosting the most phishing sites: United States
Percentage of phishing sites hosted in United States: 39
Median time it took for the PhishTank community to verify phishes: 11 hours, 2 minutes
For more detailed information about PhishTank's November 2008 statistics, including graphics you can use on your Web site, please visit: http://www.phishtank.com/stats/2008/11/
About PhishTank
PhishTank is operated by OpenDNS and is the first and only effort of its kind. Launched in October 2006 to coincide with National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the site employs a sophisticated voting system that requires the community to vote "phish" or "not phish," reducing the possibility of false positives and improving the overall breadth and coverage of the phishing data. PhishTank makes all phishing data it accumulates public and available via programmable APIs, which allow other software developers to incorporate the anti-phishing data into their tools. The open access is intended to encourage the sharing of information and increase the chance of eliminating phishing all together. For more information about PhishTank, please visit: www.phishtank.com
About OpenDNS
OpenDNS is the world's largest and fastest-growing DNS provider, making the Internet safer, faster, smarter and more reliable for millions of people around the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company operates a new kind of recursive Domain Name System (DNS) service that enables the delivery of services like Web content filtering and industry-leading phishing protection through the DNS, free and without requiring users to download or install software. OpenDNS is thoroughly committed to operating the best DNS platform in the world and to improving the Internet. For more information about OpenDNS, please visit: http://www.opendns.com