Weekly analysis - 2nd October 2010 to 9th October 2010

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09-Oct-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 2nd October 2010 to 9th October 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 2nd October 2010 to 9th October 2010


During the week we reported a total of 120 phishing scams

90 or 75% 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)

1.46% AOL rewards our esteemed member. alleged sender AOL reported 7th August 2010

0.39% Lloyds Bank Important Security Reminder! alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank plc reported 1st October 2010

0.38% Alert on Your Chase Account alleged sender Chase reported 2nd October 2010

0.37% Chase Secure E-mail Service Update alleged sender 2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 201 reported 21st July 2010

0.36% [Urgent issue Account-alert ! -killy_shadow@hotmail.com] alleged sender HSBC reported 20th September 2010

0.34% Warning! Account Suspension Notification alleged sender HSBC Bank UK reported 3rd October 2010

0.3% Account Restricted ! alleged sender Bank Of America reported 5th October 2010

0.29% Halifax Online Banking Security Check alleged sender Halifax reported 5th October 2010

0.28% Confirming your funds transfer to another Wells Fargo customer alleged sender Wells Fargo Online ofsrep.aler reported 4th October 2010

0.28% HSBC E-MAIL ALERT! alleged sender HSBC Bank UK reported 5th October 2010

0.28% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.27% Unauthorized access on your PayPal account! alleged sender PayPal reported 3rd October 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	42
HSBC	40
PLC	13
ONLINE	7
CHASE	7
HALIFAX	7
LLOYDS	7
PAYPAL	6
TSB	6
BANKING	5
AOL	5
NATIONAL	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	44
ACCOUNT	42
ONLINE	26
BANKING	21
HSBC	20
MESSAGE	19
SECURITY	18
UPDATE	14
BANK	13
ACCESS	11
YOU	11
FROM	11

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	35
UNITED KINGDOM	10
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	5
THAILAND	5
CANADA	3
GERMANY	3
FRANCE	3
ARGENTINA	3
CHINA	3
SERBIA	2
CYPRUS	2
BULGARIA	2

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