Weekly analysis - 18th December 2010 to 25th December 2010

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25-Dec-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 18th December 2010 to 25th 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 18th December 2010 to 25th December 2010


During the week we reported a total of 79 phishing scams

63 or 80% 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

0.5% [Bulk] Account Maintenance alleged sender Chase reported 19th December 2010

0.39% Important Security Message from HSBC Bank plc alleged sender HSBC reported 2nd December 2010

0.34% Lloyds TSB has been receiving complaints alleged sender LloydsTSB reported 22nd December 2010

0.32% Your Profile Has Been Updated alleged sender Egg reported 18th December 2010

0.31% LLOYDS ALERT : new payment on your account. Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:42:42 +0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 alleged sender Lloyds Tsb Bank reported 20th December 2010

0.31% Notification of an Instant Payment Received from David Larry (davidlarry2010@hotmail.com) alleged sender SERVICE@PAYPAL.INC reported 20th December 2010

0.29% HSBC BANK ALERT UPDATE alleged sender HSBC Internet Banking reported 21st December 2010

0.29% Your Citibank Access Blocked alleged sender Citibank reported 21st December 2010

0.28% Your Online Account Has Been blocked alleged sender Natwest reported 21st December 2010

0.28% Santander UK plc:- Account Updates alleged sender Santander UK plc. reported 21st December 2010

0.27% HSBC Bank - Online Security Alert ! alleged sender HSBC Online Banking reported 21st July 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	20
HSBC	20
BANKING	10
PLC	9
LLOYDS	8
CHASE	8
HALIFAX	7
AOL	6
INTERNET	6
ONLINE	4
AMERICA	4
LLOYDSTSB	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	19
YOUR	16
BANKING	13
ONLINE	13
BANK	12
ALERT	12
SECURITY	10
MESSAGE	10
LLOYDS	9
NEW	9
HSBC	9
NOTIFICATION	9

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	20
UNITED KINGDOM	8
CANADA	4
GERMANY	4
BRAZIL	4
BELGIUM	3
UKRAINE	2
NETHERLANDS	2
POLAND	2
HONG KONG	1
SPAIN	1
DENMARK	1

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