Weekly analysis - 9th April 2011 to 16th April 2011

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16-Apr-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th April 2011 to 16th 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 9th April 2011 to 16th April 2011


During the week we reported a total of 78 phishing scams

65 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)

0.58% You have 1 Unread Message. alleged sender TD WATERHOUSE reported 10th April 2011

0.54% Your Trading Account Summary alleged sender Microsoft reported 5th April 2011

0.48% Alert notification : New message from customer serivce alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank Plc reported 4th November 2010

0.38% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.36% 1 New Message alleged sender TD Waterhouse reported 10th April 2011

0.24% New Message Alert. alleged sender TD WATERHOUSE reported 12th April 2011

0.19% YOU HAVE 1 UNREAD MESSAGE. alleged sender TD WATERHOUSE reported 9th April 2011

0.18% CUSTOMER SERVICE MESSAGE alleged sender HALIFAX BANK reported 12th April 2011

0.17% Error On Your Statement Account alleged sender TDwaterhouse reported 11th April 2011

0.17% Your Current Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue & reported 10th April 2011

0.17% Hotmail E-mail ALERT! alleged sender Hotmail reported 14th April 2011

0.16% Lloyds TSB Online Banking - Important Security Update alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 11th April 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	16
LLOYDS	10
HALIFAX	9
TSB	8
HSBC	7
WATERHOUSE	7
NATWEST	5
AOL	4
ONLINE	4
PLC	4
LLOYDSTSB	4
CHASE	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	25
ACCOUNT	18
SECURITY	14
ONLINE	13
MESSAGE	12
BANKING	10
NEW	9
IMPORTANT	9
SERVICE	8
UPDATE	7
CUSTOMER	7
LLOYDS	7

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	48
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	8
NETHERLANDS	4
UNITED KINGDOM	3
AUSTRALIA	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
HONG KONG	1
CANADA	1
HUNGARY	1
THAILAND	1
GERMANY	1
AUSTRIA	1

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