Weekly analysis - 7th August 2010 to 14th August 2010

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14-Aug-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 7th August 2010 to 14th August 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 7th August 2010 to 14th August 2010


During the week we reported a total of 129 phishing scams

99 or 77% 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)

0.81% Chase Secure E-mail Service Update alleged sender 2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 201 reported 21st July 2010

0.68% Account alert - livgreenwell@hotmail.co.uk alleged sender Hotmail reported 7th July 2010

0.57% Attention! Unauthorized Account Access alleged sender hbosplc.com reported 6th August 2010

0.51% Your Account Has Been De-activated alleged sender HSBC Bank Uk reported 6th July 2010

0.48% Notice: You have 2 new security message alleged sender HSBC Bank plc® reported 12th July 2010

0.44% Attention! Unauthorized Account Access alleged sender Halifax Bank PLC reported 5th August 2010

0.42% ********IMPORTANT SECURITY MESSAGE******** alleged sender HSBC Bank Uk reported 26th July 2010

0.42% Please Update Your Billing Information alleged sender AOL reported 19th May 2010

0.41% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.34% AOL Recent Change In Your Account alleged sender AOL reported 9th August 2010

0.33% Online Security Upgrade alleged sender HSBC reported 11th January 2010

0.31% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	40
HSBC	34
ALLIANCE	16
PLC	13
HALIFAX	10
BANKING	9
LEICESTER	9
NATWEST	7
AMERICA	7
LLOYDS	6
EGG	6
ONLINE	6

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	54
YOUR	40
ONLINE	21
BANKING	19
MESSAGE	18
BANK	18
SECURITY	18
HSBC	16
UPDATE	12
IMPORTANT	11
NEW	11
FROM	11

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	26
UNITED KINGDOM	24
CHINA	6
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	5
BRAZIL	4
CANADA	4
NETHERLANDS	3
BULGARIA	3
ARGENTINA	3
CYPRUS	2
HONG KONG	2
GERMANY	2

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