Weekly analysis - 9th October 2010 to 16th October 2010

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16-Oct-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th October 2010 to 16th 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 9th October 2010 to 16th October 2010


During the week we reported a total of 111 phishing scams

77 or 69% 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)

0.44% HSBC UK Online Security Update Notification alleged sender HSBC Bank Uk reported 9th October 2010

0.36% Protect Your Account from Anti- and Fraud alleged sender Lloyds reported 9th October 2010

0.33% Alert on Your Chase Account alleged sender Chase reported 2nd October 2010

0.32% AOL rewards our esteemed member. alleged sender AOL reported 7th August 2010

0.32% Important information regarding your account (ID01006) alleged sender TD Waterhouse reported 12th October 2010

0.3% Dear Customer - Important Security Message. alleged sender Lloyds reported 11th October 2010

0.29% Incoming Fraud Prevention Update Exercise. alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank plc reported 10th October 2010

0.29% Customer Notice: Your Account Security - 09 October 2010 alleged sender Alliance and Leicester PLC reported 10th October 2010

0.28% Errors Dectected On Your Account. alleged sender HSBC Personal Banking reported 9th October 2010

0.28% Security Message: Please Read Carefully alleged sender Lloyds TSB Online reported 9th October 2010

0.28% Confirm your identity and remove your account limitation. alleged sender HSBC reported 11th October 2010

0.26% 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	26
HSBC	22
LLOYDS	19
PLC	16
TSB	15
HALIFAX	14
ALLIANCE	9
ONLINE	8
LEICESTER	8
NATWEST	8
BANKING	7
AND	7

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	37
YOUR	32
ONLINE	25
SECURITY	21
BANKING	18
NOTIFICATION	15
MESSAGE	13
CUSTOMER	12
ACCESS	12
BANK	12
LLOYDS	10
HAVE	10

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	33
UNITED KINGDOM	12
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	6
GERMANY	5
TAIWAN	5
FRANCE	5
AUSTRALIA	4
THAILAND	2
CHINA	2
JAPAN	2
SWITZERLAND	2
MALAYSIA	2

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