Weekly analysis - 13th November 2010 to 20th November 2010

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20-Nov-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 13th November 2010 to 20th 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 13th November 2010 to 20th November 2010


During the week we reported a total of 126 phishing scams

94 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)

0.49% Amazon.com - Your Cancellation (219-4881389-7525786) alleged sender Amazon.com reported 13th November 2010

0.34% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.33% Amazon.com - Your Cancellation (1091-14128-29204) alleged sender reported 6th March 2010

0.31% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.29% Account Verify Alert alleged sender Wachovia reported 23rd October 2010

0.28% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

0.27% Important Account Information From HSBC BANK. alleged sender HSBC BANK reported 22nd October 2010

0.25% Payment From topups247 O2 Voucher ! alleged sender PayPal reported 10th November 2010

0.25% Important Message From HSBC Bank plc alleged sender HSBC Bank plc® reported 22nd October 2010

0.24% Your Account Has Been Suspended alleged sender HSBC Bank plc reported 18th November 2010

0.24% Aol updates because your account will be suspend alleged sender AOL reported 17th November 2010

0.23% Verified By Visa & MasterCard SecureCode alleged sender iCs reported 17th November 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	37
HSBC	20
LLOYDS	13
PLC	13
HALIFAX	13
PAYPAL	10
ONLINE	10
NATWEST	10
AMAZON.COM	8
SANTANDER	7
BANKING	5
LLOYDSTSB	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	51
ACCOUNT	45
ONLINE	24
SECURITY	16
MESSAGE	15
BANKING	15
ACCESS	15
BANK	15
BEEN	12
UPDATE	12
SUSPENDED	11
HAS	11

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	33
UNITED KINGDOM	17
GERMANY	6
HUNGARY	4
CANADA	4
CZECH REPUBLIC	3
FRANCE	3
IRELAND	3
NORWAY	2
DENMARK	2
UKRAINE	2
THAILAND	2

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