Phantom Frog Technology
Home     Learn     FAQ     Free Trial     Login     Testimonials     Select A Plan     Contact


PASSWORD ABUSE: A CASE STUDY
Conventional password abuse systems (IP address counters) generally don't detect password abuse until after your member's  password is posted to the password trading sites.   Unfortunately, by the time this happens, your member's password has been used by many people who have downloaded Gigabytes of your data.  


ENTER PHANTOM FROG ...
Below is a case study that tracks a typical real life example of password abuse.  By using High Resolution Geographic Tracking, Phantom Frog detects password abuse better than any other technology.

REMEMBER: Everywhere you see the frog your web site would have been protected.

REMEMBER: Only Phantom Frog does High Resolution Geographic Tracking.


CASE STUDY:  DAY ONE
      IP Counter
 Date   Location   IP Address
 
 1 5/20  04:02 pm   Denver,  CO,  USA   71.33.125.97
2 5/20  04:29 pm   Los Angeles,  CA,  USA   68.164.234.72
3 5/20  06:02 pm   Boston,  MA,  USA   24.63.71.127
4 5/20  09:45 pm   Las Vegas ,  NV,  USA   70.180.163.75

 
What happened on day one?
4:29 pm  Your valid member in Denver logged off and sent his password to a friend in Los Angeles. 
 
  If you were using Phantom Frog, this abuse would have been stopped at 4:29 pm. 

Our competition (IP Address Counters) are still asleep.

6:02 pm  Los Angeles logged off and sent the password to Boston.  Three people haved surfed your member's area on the same password.

9:45 pm Someone sent your password to a friend to Las Vegas. Now there are four.

IP address counters that are set at 10 have not caught the abuse.  Phantom Frog caught the abuse at 4:29.

All the places where you see the little frog , password abuse would have been prevented had Phantom Frog been used.


CASE STUDY:  DAY TWO

      IP Counter
 Date   Location   IP Address
 1 5/21  09:05 am   Los Angeles,  CA,  USA   68.164.234.72
2 5/21  01:40 pm   Boston,  MA,  USA   24.63.71.127
3 5/21  09:17 pm   Adelaide,  Australia  202.7.183.130
3 5/21  10:017 pm   Coppell,  Texas,  USA   67.174.175.86
3 5/21  11:36 pm   Edmonton,  Alberta,  Canada   198.53.87.221

 
What happened today?
9:05 am   The password abuse starts again with the same three guys.

9:17 pm  One of the three original guys gave his password to someone in Australia.

10:17 pm That password has now traveled to Texas.

11:36 pm The password is now in Canada!


The IP counter STILL has not detected the abuse!!  Phantom Frog stopped the abuse on day one.





CASE STUDY:  DAY THREE

      IP Counter
 Date   Location   IP Address
 1 5/22  03:05 am   Stanford,  Indiana,  USA   66.244.95.19
2 5/22  03:06 am   Warsaw, Poland   62.111.150.198
2 5/22  03:08 am   Liverpool,  England   82.42.121.24
2 5/22  03:09 am   Winter Park,  Florida   71.2.0.147
2 5/22  03:10 am   Gracewood,  Georgia,  USA   65.144.159.110
2 5/22  03:10 am   Ridgewood,  New York,  USA   24.239.128.63
2 5/22  03:11 am   Amsterdam,  Netherlands   84.30.170.212
2 5/22  03:11 am   Lämershagen,  Germany   195.71.89.81
2 5/22  03:11 am   Reno,  Nevada,  USA   69.227.137.185
2 5/22  03:12 am   Whittier,  California,    69.108.81.252


What happened on day three?
 3:05 am  Someone finally posted the password to a password trading site.

The activity on the account increases exponentially.

3:12 am Finally the IP counter detected password abuse 3 days AFTER Phantom Frog detected and stopped the password abuse.


"Phantom Frog" is a Service Mark of WeeBit Media, L.L.C. © 2004 - 2007   Terms and Conditions
2Checkout.com, Inc. is an authorized retailer of PhantomFrog.com