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Weekly analysis - 30th July 2011 to 6th August 2011

Weekly analysis - 30th July 2011 to 6th August 2011


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06-Aug-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 30th July 2011 to 6th August 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 July 2011 to 6th August 2011


During the week we reported a total of 92 phishing scams

55 or 60% 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)

  • 0.53% [-Mail] Your PayPal Account is Limited/Suspended (This message should be blocked: bknss61177) alleged sender PayPal reported 1st August 2011

  • 0.52% Your AOL access will be blocked. Please resubmit your billing records alleged sender AOL Support reported 31st July 2011

  • 0.52% YOUR CREDIT CARD PROFILE HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. alleged sender MBNA Europe Bank reported 3rd August 2011

  • 0.51% Your AOL access will be blocked. Please resubmit your billing records! alleged sender AOL reported 30th July 2011

  • 0.51% SunTrust Bank Personal or Business Maintenance alleged sender SunTrust Banks, Inc. reported 1st August 2011

  • 0.51% LLOYDS TSB ONLINE� (YOUR ONLINE ACCESS IS LIMITED) alleged sender Lloyds Bank Online� reported 3rd August 2011

  • 0.51% Halifax Account Review Department alleged sender Halifax reported 31st July 2011

  • 0.5% Wells Fargo Online : Errors Detected On Your Account alleged sender Wells Fargo Online reported 1st August 2011

  • 0.5% PAYPAL PRIMARY EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE alleged sender PayPal reported 1st August 2011

  • 0.5% Halifax Online Banking Profile Update Notification alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc reported 1st August 2011

  • 0.5% Halifax Online Banking Profile Update Notification alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc ; reported 31st July 2011

  • 0.5% 1 Unread Message alleged sender SunTrust Bank reported 1st August 2011

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

    Keyword Frequency
    HALIFAX 29
    BANK 23
    PLC 14
    PAYPAL 5
    AOL 5
    LLOYDS 5
    SANTANDER 4
    NATWEST 4
    MICROSOFT 4
    HELPDESK 3
    SUNTRUST 3
    ONLINE 3

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    YOUR 42
    ACCOUNT 25
    ONLINE 20
    BANKING 20
    MESSAGE 17
    HALIFAX 16
    SECURITY 12
    NEW 11
    IMPORTANT 10
    ACCESS 10
    UPDATE 9
    BEEN 8

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 43
    (UNKNOWN COUNTRY?) 22
    GERMANY 5
    AUSTRALIA 4
    PHILIPPINES 3
    INDIA 2
    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 2
    FRANCE 2
    CZECH REPUBLIC 1
    SWITZERLAND 1
    MALAYSIA 1
    CANADA 1

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