Weekly analysis - 30th April 2011 to 7th May 2011

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07-May-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 30th April 2011 to 7th May 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 30th April 2011 to 7th May 2011

During the week we reported a total of 61 phishing scams

51 or 84% 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)

0.79% Alert notification : New message from customer serivce alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank Plc reported 4th November 2010

0.32% Confirm Natwest Banking Details alleged sender NatWest Online reported 24th November 2010

0.31% ACCOUNT REVIEW NOTIFICATION alleged sender LLOYDS BANK reported 30th April 2011

0.28% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.28% Your Account Has Been Suspended alleged sender HSBC Bank plc reported 18th November 2010

0.24% Jij bent langs Carolien niet regelmatig vrolijk ontmoet alleged sender Carolien Reumer reported 1st May 2011

0.24% Natwest Online alleged sender Natwest reported 1st May 2011

0.22% CHASE ONLINE BANKING ALERT alleged sender Chase reported 15th April 2011

0.22% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.22% Please Update Your Billing Information alleged sender AOL reported 25th April 2010

0.22% TOKEN HSBC alleged sender HSBC EMPRESA reported 4th May 2011

0.22% Chase Secure E-mail Service Update alleged sender 2010 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 201 reported 21st July 2010

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

Keyword Frequency

BANK 10
LLOYDS 8
NATWEST 7
PLC 6
HALIFAX 6
HSBC 4
TSB 4
FIRST 3
DIRECT 3
EGG 3
AOL 3

BANKING 3

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 23
YOUR 21
SECURITY 9
NEW 7
BANKING 7
NATWEST 7
ONLINE 7
LLOYDS 6
TSB 6
UPDATE 5
INTERNET 5

IMPORTANT 5

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 30
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?) 11
GERMANY 4
UNITED KINGDOM 3
TAIWAN 2
PORTUGAL 2
CANADA 2
THAILAND 2
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 1
VIET NAM 1
SAUDI ARABIA 1

INDONESIA 1

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