Weekly analysis - 12th March 2011 to 19th March 2011

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19-Mar-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 12th March 2011 to 19th March 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 12th March 2011 to 19th March 2011


During the week we reported a total of 68 phishing scams

54 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)

0.52% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.41% Security and Privacy: Stay Safe Online, Find Out More! alleged sender Cahoot reported 9th March 2011

0.34% Youve got points - AOL Rewards Points alleged sender AOL reported 13th March 2011

0.33% Security Centre : HSBC Secure Key alleged sender HSBC Bank Plc reported 13th March 2011

0.31% Your Account will be suspended alleged sender PayPal.co.uk reported 12th March 2011

0.31% RE-CHANGE OF ACCOUNT ON YOUR FUNDS alleged sender MR. BASHIRU DADA reported 12th March 2011

0.31% Important Security Update Alert On Your Account alleged sender HSBC Bank Plc reported 12th March 2011

0.3% Urgent Security Alert alleged sender HSBC Plc reported 12th March 2011

0.29% NatWest Online Bank Account Is About To Expire alleged sender NatWest Online Banking reported 15th March 2011

0.29% Bank of America Alert: Irregular Credit Card Activity alleged sender Bank of America Alert reported 14th March 2011

0.28% Failure to verify your records will result in account suspension. alleged sender AOL reported 14th March 2011

0.28% Internet Banking Access Suspended! alleged sender HSBC Bank Plc reported 14th March 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	21
HSBC	13
PLC	8
ONLINE	8
HALIFAX	7
LLOYDS	7
TSB	6
NATWEST	6
BANKING	5
LLOYDSTSB	4
CHASE	3
WESTERN	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	26
ONLINE	19
ACCOUNT	16
SECURITY	15
BANKING	13
ALERT	9
NATWEST	8
ACCESS	7
UPDATE	7
HSBC	6
FROM	5
ABOUT	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SWEDEN	1
UNITED STATES	1
AUSTRALIA	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
FRANCE	1

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