Weekly analysis - 6th November 2010 to 13th November 2010

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13-Nov-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 6th November 2010 to 13th November 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 6th November 2010 to 13th November 2010


During the week we reported a total of 114 phishing scams

82 or 72% 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)

0.77% notification: your account is blocked alleged sender Dana Orr reported 8th November 2010

0.5% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.45% Payment From topups247 O2 Voucher ! alleged sender PayPal reported 10th November 2010

0.4% Important Account Information From HSBC BANK. alleged sender HSBC BANK reported 22nd October 2010

0.39% Payment From Top-Up Store-O2 Voucher ! alleged sender PAYPAL ADM. reported 8th November 2010

0.28% Account Verify Alert alleged sender Wachovia reported 23rd October 2010

0.27% Payment From TopUp Store O2 Voucher ! alleged sender PayPal reported 9th November 2010

0.27% Validate voucher purchase ! alleged sender PayPal reported 10th November 2010

0.27% Important Message From HSBC Bank plc alleged sender HSBC Bank plc® reported 22nd October 2010

0.26% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

0.26% Bank of America alert online Banking Sign-in Error alleged sender Bank of America reported 10th November 2010

0.25% Confirm Your Account Information alleged sender Halifax Online Banking reported 6th November 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	28
HSBC	24
HALIFAX	13
PAYPAL	13
LLOYDS	12
PLC	8
ONLINE	8
TSB	8
CHASE	6
MICROSOFT	6
NATWEST	5
INTERNET	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	43
YOUR	31
ONLINE	29
MESSAGE	19
ACCESS	16
SECURITY	16
NEW	15
ALERT	15
HALIFAX	12
HSBC	11
BANK	11
BANKING	11

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	28
UNITED KINGDOM	7
CANADA	6
JAPAN	5
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	4
CHINA	3
CZECH REPUBLIC	3
BRAZIL	3
ITALY	2
SWEDEN	2
LATVIA	2
GERMANY	2

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