Weekly analysis - 11th December 2010 to 18th December 2010

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18-Dec-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th December 2010 to 18th 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 11th December 2010 to 18th December 2010


During the week we reported a total of 92 phishing scams

70 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)

0.62% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.45% Important Security Message from HSBC Bank plc alleged sender HSBC reported 2nd December 2010

0.33% Your subscription was successful alleged sender PayPal Subscription reported 11th December 2010

0.3% Security Message: Your Account Has Been Suspended alleged sender HSBC reported 14th December 2010

0.29% Extra Security alleged sender LloydsTSB reported 8th December 2010

0.28% Important notice - You Have 1 New Message alleged sender Halifax Online Banking reported 13th December 2010

0.27% YOUR PAYPAL MANAGER ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED! alleged sender Customer Service reported 14th December 2010

0.27% Amazon.com - Waiting Confirmation (82-1421324-9243769) alleged sender Amazon.com reported 12th December 2010

0.26% AOL ALERT - Account Access Verification alleged sender AOL reported 11th December 2010

0.26% Halifax Bank - Your Online Access Suspended ! alleged sender Halifax Online Banking reported 15th December 2010

0.26% Chase Online Alert alleged sender Chase reported 11th December 2010

0.25% Unusual activity in your online account ID (18237128736) alleged sender Chase reported 12th December 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	23
BANK	14
BANKING	10
LLOYDS	10
CHASE	10
NATWEST	7
HALIFAX	7
INTERNET	7
LLOYDSTSB	7
PAYPAL	6
PLC	6
TSB	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	36
YOUR	35
ONLINE	19
BEEN	12
MESSAGE	11
NEW	11
BANKING	10
SECURITY	10
TSB	9
LLOYDS	9
HAS	9
SUSPENDED	8

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	22
UNITED KINGDOM	10
CANADA	6
NETHERLANDS	5
CZECH REPUBLIC	3
ITALY	3
BRAZIL	2
GERMANY	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
TAIWAN	2
VIET NAM	2
CYPRUS	1

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