Phishing Statistics (last 6 months): Ebay

Phishers develop counterfeit webpages, which imitate the corporate image of well-known, trusted service providers like Ebay, Paypal, banking services and many others. When submitting your email address on the Internet, filling in online forms, accessing newsgroups or websites, your data can be stolen by Internet crawling spiders and then used without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes.

The Virus Lab at Avira conducts phishing origin analysis, based on the data collected by numerous trap accounts. Apart from providing an overview of the spreading of phishing attacks, this information can give you the top of the "brand-spoofed" companies, which are the current phishing targets world-wide.

Keep an eye on the Phishing Top Targets. Select the time interval (Last 7 days, 30 days or 3 months) and see the amount of phishing emails aiming the clients of specific service providers.

Avira always advises its users to observe safety rules and to beware of the devious phishing mechanisms.