Weekly analysis - 24th July 2010 to 31st July 2010

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31-Jul-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 24th July 2010 to 31st July 2010

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Over the last week MillerSmiles has received many scams from the public and through its HoneyTrap scam detection system. Below we provide an analysis of the scams we have received for the week of 24th July 2010 to 31st July 2010


During the week we reported a total of 142 phishing scams

116 or 82% of these scams linked to websites that were still online and live, ready to capture personal data, when we reported them

The 12 most popular scams as defined by search engine visits to our archive of scams we reported this week and in previous weeks were (as percentage of all visits to the site)

0.84% Your Account Has Been De-activated alleged sender HSBC Bank Uk reported 6th July 2010

0.77% Account alert - livgreenwell@hotmail.co.uk alleged sender Hotmail reported 7th July 2010

0.77% Chase Secure E-mail Service Update alleged sender 2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 201 reported 21st July 2010

0.71% Restore Your Internet Banking Account alleged sender HSBC Bank Uk reported 17th July 2010

0.61% Your Account Has Been Revoked alleged sender HSBC reported 10th July 2010

0.47% Your Amazon.com Order (D69-9267392-1374171) alleged sender Amazon.com reported 25th July 2010

0.45% Please Update Your Billing Information alleged sender AOL reported 19th May 2010

0.41% Notice: You have 2 new security message alleged sender HSBC Bank plc® reported 12th July 2010

0.4% Important Security Message alleged sender HSBC reported 19th July 2010

0.39% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.39% [Norton Anti] HSBC: INTERNET BANKING ALERT!!! alleged sender HSBC Bank UK reported 29th January 2010

0.37% Online Security Upgrade alleged sender HSBC reported 11th January 2010

 

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	55
BANK	42
HALIFAX	17
ALLIANCE	14
LEICESTER	11
PLC	8
AMAZON.COM	7
BANKING	6
PAYPAL	6
INTERNET	5
SECURITY	4
AOL	4

 

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	43
HSBC	35
ACCOUNT	32
BANKING	29
SECURITY	28
ONLINE	22
ALERT	22
BANK	19
IMPORTANT	15
MESSAGE	15
NEW	12
ACCESS	12

 

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	50
UNITED KINGDOM	14
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	9
AUSTRALIA	4
FRANCE	4
CANADA	3
ITALY	3
CHINA	3
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	3
AUSTRIA	2
ROMANIA	2
BRAZIL	2

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