Weekly analysis - 26th March 2011 to 2nd April 2011

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02-Apr-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 26th March 2011 to 2nd April 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 26th March 2011 to 2nd April 2011

During the week we reported a total of 76 phishing scams

63 or 83% 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)

0.33% Alert notification : New message from customer serivce alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank Plc reported 4th November 2010

0.3% Chase Secure E-mail Service Update alleged sender 2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 201 reported 21st July 2010

0.26% Please Update Your Billing Information alleged sender AOL reported 25th April 2010

0.25% HSBC Bank - Online Security Alert ! alleged sender HSBC Online Banking reported 21st July 2010

0.24% BRITISH MICROSOFT AWARD PLEASE OPEN THE ATTACHMENT alleged sender BRITISH MICROSOFT AWARDS reported 26th March 2011

0.24% Alert: Important Update Required alleged sender Chase reported 24th August 2010

0.24% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.23% Warning message for your Online account. alleged sender Santander Bank (Abbey) reported 28th March 2011

0.23% Security Message: Your Account Has Been Suspended alleged sender HSBC reported 14th December 2010

0.22% CUSTOMER SERVICE MESSAGE alleged sender HALIFAX BANK PLC reported 28th March 2011

0.22% Security certificates update alleged sender NatWest Online Banking reported 27th March 2011

0.21% NatWest Customer Services Department Customer Alert.. alleged sender Natwest reported 26th March 2011

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
BANK	23
NATWEST	11
PLC	10
ONLINE	8
BANKING	8
LLOYDS	7
HALIFAX	5
TSB	4
SCOTLAND	4
MBNA	4
HSBC	3
LLOYDSTSB	3

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	22
ACCOUNT	19
SECURITY	17
BANKING	11
ONLINE	10
MESSAGE	9
CUSTOMER	9
IMPORTANT	8
UPDATE	6
SERVICE	6
HALIFAX	6
NEW	5

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
AUSTRALIA	1

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