Weekly analysis - 1st January 2011 to 8th January 2011

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08-Jan-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 1st January 2011 to 8th January 2011

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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 1st January 2011 to 8th January 2011


During the week we reported a total of 28 phishing scams

22 or 79% 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)

0.53% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.49% Update Your Profile alleged sender Yahoo.com reported 2nd January 2011

0.48% Account Ownership Validation alleged sender Egg Internet Banking reported 28th December 2010

0.43% MBNA Europe Bank : Account Ownership Verification Alert alleged sender MBNA reported 2nd January 2011

0.42% LlyodsTSB Online Customer Service Notification alleged sender LloydsTSB online reported 4th January 2011

0.42% Suntrust Bank Security Alert alleged sender Suntrust reported 1st January 2011

0.41% HALIFAX ONLINE BANKING STATUS NOTIFICATION alleged sender Halifax reported 31st December 2010

0.4% a new document has arrived alleged sender Halifax reported 5th January 2011

0.4% Account Verification Notice - Saturday 1 January. alleged sender HBOS plc reported 1st January 2011

0.39% Lloyds TSB has been receiving complaints alleged sender LloydsTSB reported 22nd December 2010

0.39% Protect Your Account Info alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc. reported 1st January 2011

0.39% Halifax Online Access Suspended alleged sender Halifax reported 4th January 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	6
ONLINE	5
BANKING	5
TSB	5
LLOYDS	5
HALIFAX	4
AOL	4
NATWEST	3
PLC	3
HSBC	1
EGG	1
ABBEY	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	11
YOUR	11
SECURITY	7
MESSAGE	5
ONLINE	4
UPDATE	4
AOL	4
BANK	4
ALERT	3
NOTIFICATION	3
ALERT:UPDATE	3
INFORMATION8	3

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