Weekly analysis - 2nd April 2011 to 9th April 2011

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09-Apr-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 2nd April 2011 to 9th 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 2nd April 2011 to 9th April 2011


During the week we reported a total of 78 phishing scams

59 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)

0.35% Your Trading Account Summary alleged sender Microsoft reported 5th April 2011

0.29% CONTACT DHL EXPRESS DELIVERY alleged sender Yahoo.com reported 9th October 2009

0.26% o2 TELECOMMUNICATION AWARD alleged sender 02 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AWARD reported 4th April 2011

0.24% Security Update alleged sender Natwest reported 3rd April 2011

0.24% INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND..............02/04/2011 alleged sender MR IDRISSA THIAM reported 4th April 2011

0.24% Your Current Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue & Customs reported 1st April 2011

0.24% URGENT UPDATE FROM NATWEST alleged sender Microsoft reported 3rd April 2011

0.24% NatWest Alert - Access Suspended!! Please Resolve. alleged sender Microsoft reported 3rd April 2011

0.23% Chase Secure E-mail Service Update alleged sender 2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 201 reported 21st July 2010

0.21% Warning: Account Enhancement alleged sender TDwaterhouse reported 1st April 2011

0.21% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.2% ACCOUNT UPGRADE alleged sender Halifax Bank Of Scotland reported 2nd April 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	17
LLOYDS	11
NATWEST	8
HALIFAX	8
MICROSOFT	8
PLC	7
TSB	7
HSBC	6
WATERHOUSE	5
AOL	3
FIRST	2
DIRECT	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	26
YOUR	21
ONLINE	14
CUSTOMER	8
SECURITY	8
NATWEST	7
UPDATE	7
SERVICE	6
HALIFAX	6
BANKING	6
BANK	5
YOU	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	47
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	7
ITALY	4
UNITED KINGDOM	3
NETHERLANDS	3
CANADA	2
GEORGIA	1
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	1
ROMANIA	1
UGANDA	1
GERMANY	1
FRANCE	1

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