Weekly analysis - 11th June 2011 to 18th June 2011

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18-Jun-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th June 2011 to 18th June 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
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11th June 2011 to 18th June 2011


During the week we reported a total of 62 phishing scams

38 or 61% 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)


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

Keyword	Frequency
LLOYDS	21
BANK	19
TSB	16
PLC	9
BANKING	7
HALIFAX	7
INTERNET	6
PAYPAL	5
SCOTLAND	4
ONLINE	3
ROYAL	3
MICROSOFT	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	21
YOUR	20
SECURITY	12
LLOYDS	8
MESSAGE	8
NEW	7
TSB	7
ONLINE	7
ALERT	6
SERVICE	6
BANKING	6
YOU	6

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	34
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	7
AUSTRALIA	3
INDIA	2
UNITED KINGDOM	2
(PRIVATE ADDRESS)	2
TURKEY	1
CHILE	1
BELGIUM	1
JAPAN	1
COLOMBIA	1
MALAYSIA	1

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