Weekly analysis - 23rd July 2011 to 30th July 2011

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30-Jul-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 23rd July 2011 to 30th July 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 23rd July 2011 to 30th July 2011


During the week we reported a total of 87 phishing scams

58 or 67% 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)

0.41% IMPORTANT - CUSTOMER SERVICE MESSAGE alleged sender HalifaxSummary(alert)@8080hali reported 27th July 2011

0.4% Accounts Management alleged sender PayPal reported 27th July 2011

0.39% PLEASE CAN I FIND A TRUST IN YOU ! alleged sender JAMES MORGAN reported 26th July 2011

0.39% Security Message alleged sender Chase reported 27th July 2011

0.38% New Halifax Online Paper Statement alleged sender onlineservices@halifax.co.uk reported 27th July 2011

0.37% IMPORTANT:ACCOUNT SECURITY ALERT! alleged sender Lloyds reported 27th July 2011

0.37% Customer Notice: Your Account Security - July 2011 alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc reported 26th July 2011

0.37% HALIFAX CUSTOMER INFORMATION alleged sender HALIFAX reported 27th July 2011

0.37% Bank of America Alert - [Important information about your Bank Account] alleged sender Bank of America reported 27th July 2011

0.37% New Message From Chase Online. alleged sender Chase Online reported 28th July 2011

0.36% Halifax Online Notification alleged sender Halifax reported 27th July 2011

0.36% Important: Banking Alert alleged sender Natwest Bank reported 27th July 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	32
HALIFAX	31
PLC	13
PAYPAL	11
SANTANDER	7
NATWEST	5
AOL	4
AMERICA	3
ALLIANCE	3
SERVICE	2
PARTNER	2
2011	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	34
ACCOUNT	23
HALIFAX	23
ALERT	14
MESSAGE	14
SECURITY	13
BANK	11
ONLINE	11
CUSTOMER	9
NEW	8
SERVICE	8
HAS	7

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	47
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	14
GERMANY	8
UNITED KINGDOM	4
SWEDEN	3
SAUDI ARABIA	1
BULGARIA	1
CHINA	1
PHILIPPINES	1
CZECH REPUBLIC	1
THAILAND	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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