Weekly analysis - 16th October 2010 to 23rd October 2010

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23-Oct-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 16th October 2010 to 23rd 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 16th October 2010 to 23rd October 2010


During the week we reported a total of 97 phishing scams

76 or 78% 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)

0.47% [ HEADER] - You Have One New Security Message - Email contains remote images alleged sender Egg Bank Plc reported 24th February 2010

0.47% You Have One Unread Message On Your Online Banking Account alleged sender Egg Bank Plc reported 9th August 2009

0.46% Natwest Online Banking Upgrade Notification alleged sender Natwest reported 16th October 2010

0.37% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.37% ONLINE ACCOUNT UPGRADE NOTIFICATION alleged sender Barclays reported 18th October 2010

0.35% HSBC UK Online Security Update Notification alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 7th October 2010

0.34% Customer Notice: Your Account Security - 15 October 2010 alleged sender Tesco Personal Banking reported 18th October 2010

0.33% Important Message | Lloyds TSB Security Department alleged sender Lloyds reported 21st August 2010

0.33% Chase Secure E-mail Service Update alleged sender 2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 201 reported 21st July 2010

0.33% NatWest Online Banking - Online Banking Access Expiry Notices :- alleged sender Natwest reported 17th October 2010

0.33% HSBC BANK SECURITY INFORMATION alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 16th October 2010

0.32% Dear Customer - Important Security Message. alleged sender Lloyds reported 11th October 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	30
HSBC	29
PLC	16
BANKING	8
TESCO	7
PERSONAL	6
BARCLAYS	6
NATIONAL	6
NATWEST	5
ABBEY	5
LLOYDSTSB	5
LLOYDS	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	30
YOUR	26
SECURITY	21
MESSAGE	21
BANK	19
HSBC	19
ONLINE	17
ACCESS	16
BANKING	12
ALERT	12
NEW	9
HAVE	9

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	27
UNITED KINGDOM	7
UKRAINE	5
NETHERLANDS	3
HUNGARY	3
BRAZIL	3
AUSTRIA	2
JAPAN	2
CHILE	2
CHINA	2
AUSTRALIA	1
BULGARIA	1

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