Weekly analysis - 27th November 2010 to 4th December 2010

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04-Dec-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 27th November 2010 to 4th December 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 27th November 2010 to 4th December 2010


During the week we reported a total of 96 phishing scams

73 or 76% 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)

0.92% Message Update:- Dear Valued Customer alleged sender National Westminster Bank reported 21st November 2010

0.84% Redeem your free walmart giftcard alleged sender me reported 28th November 2010

0.8% Redeem your free walmart giftcard alleged sender me reported 27th November 2010

0.51% Important Security Message from HSBC Bank plc alleged sender HSBC reported 2nd December 2010

0.49% Please Update Your Billing Information alleged sender AOL reported 25th April 2010

0.46% Redeem your free walmart giftcard alleged sender me reported 29th November 2010

0.39% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.39% Message Update:- Dear Valued Customer alleged sender Natwest reported 20th November 2010

0.38% [LLOYDS TSB - BANKING ALERT] URGENT NOTIFICATION alleged sender Lloyds reported 27th November 2010

0.27% Confirm Natwest Banking Details alleged sender NatWest Online reported 24th November 2010

0.27% [HSBC UK - Online Banking Alert]Urgent Notification! alleged sender HSBC reported 30th November 2010

0.24% [Bank of Montreal-Online Alerts] alleged sender Bank of Montreal reported 29th November 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	26
BANK	23
HALIFAX	12
PLC	12
NATWEST	9
BANKING	6
INTERNET	5
LLOYDS	5
ABBEY	5
ALLIANCE	5
CHASE	4
LEICESTER	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	41
YOUR	24
NOTIFICATION	17
MESSAGE	17
ONLINE	15
ALERT	14
SECURITY	13
NEW	13
YOU	13
BANKING	12
HAVE	12
ACCESS	9

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	23
CANADA	7
UNITED KINGDOM	6
THAILAND	5
GERMANY	4
FRANCE	3
NETHERLANDS	3
HONG KONG	2
TURKEY	2
BRAZIL	2
CZECH REPUBLIC	2
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	2

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