Weekly analysis - 23rd October 2010 to 30th October 2010

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30-Oct-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 23rd October 2010 to 30th 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 23rd October 2010 to 30th October 2010


During the week we reported a total of 106 phishing scams

83 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)

0.95% Halifax Online Banking Account Notification alleged sender Halifax reported 22nd October 2010

0.53% Account Verify Alert alleged sender Wachovia reported 23rd October 2010

0.51% New Security Dedicated Server alleged sender MBNA reported 23rd October 2010

0.5% [ HEADER] - You Have One New Security Message - Email contains remote images alleged sender Egg Bank Plc reported 24th February 2010

0.5% You Have One Unread Message On Your Online Banking Account alleged sender Egg Bank Plc reported 9th August 2009

0.42% Important Account Information From HSBC BANK. alleged sender HSBC BANK reported 22nd October 2010

0.4% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.39% Important Message From HSBC Bank plc alleged sender HSBC Bank plc® reported 22nd October 2010

0.31% WESTERN UNION OFFICE LOME-TOGO alleged sender WESTERN UNION reported 24th October 2010

0.3% Your HSBC Service Suspension. alleged sender HSBC reported 24th October 2010

0.28% Dear HSBC Bank UK Cardholder, alleged sender Hsbc reported 23rd October 2010

0.27% FROM INTERNATIONAL INTERPOL POLICE FORCE UNIT. alleged sender FROM INTERNATIONAL INTERPOL PO reported 23rd October 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	29
BANK	27
HALIFAX	14
PLC	13
BANKING	7
INTERNET	5
LLOYDS	5
EBAY	4
LLOYDSTSB	4
ABBEY	3
CHASE	3
ALLIANCE	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	35
YOUR	35
ONLINE	20
SECURITY	18
HSBC	18
BANKING	15
ACCESS	13
UPDATE	12
MESSAGE	12
NEW	12
HAVE	10
DEAR	10

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	36
UNITED KINGDOM	9
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	5
CANADA	4
FRANCE	2
KAZAKHSTAN	2
INDONESIA	2
AUSTRALIA	2
SLOVAKIA	1
GREECE	1
ARGENTINA	1
BELARUS	1

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