Weekly analysis - 3rd September 2011 to 10th September 2011

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10-Sep-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 3rd September 2011 to 10th September 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 3rd September 2011 to 10th September 2011


During the week we reported a total of 60 phishing scams

40 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)

0.51% Tax report IRS.gov alleged sender Support IRS.gov reported 7th September 2011

0.49% Access To Your Natwest Account Has Been Blocked. alleged sender NAT-WEST reported 7th September 2011

0.49% Notification of Limited Account Access RXI055 alleged sender PayPal reported 7th September 2011

0.49% You have changed your PayPal email address alleged sender PayPal reported 8th September 2011

0.48% NatWest - Important ! alleged sender Natwest reported 7th September 2011

0.48% YOUR FIRST PAYMENT HAS BEING SENT MTCN/8151272150 alleged sender Barrister GraceDavid reported 7th September 2011

0.47% Personal banking from Lloyds TSB International alleged sender Lloyds reported 8th September 2011

0.47% NEW SECURITY UPGRADE alleged sender Lloyds TSB PLC reported 8th September 2011

0.46% IMPORTANT - Halifax Customer Service Message alleged sender Halifax reported 8th September 2011

0.45% Paypal Security Notification ! alleged sender PayPal reported 7th September 2011

0.45% Apple Email Alert alleged sender Apple Technical Support reported 8th September 2011

0.43% =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Your_AOL_access_will_be_blocked._Please_resubmit_your_billing_records!?= alleged sender AOL Upgrade reported 7th September 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	10
PAYPAL	10
HALIFAX	10
LLOYDS	6
PLC	5
NATWEST	4
TSB	4
AOL	4
SCOOTER	3
SUPPORT	3
APPLE	3
STORE	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	18
YOUR	16
IMPORTANT	15
MESSAGE	11
HALIFAX	6
SECURITY	6
HAS	6
LLOYDS	6
BANKING	6
ONLINE	6
TSB	6
PAYPAL	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	39
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	13
EUROPEAN UNION	2
SINGAPORE	1
NETHERLANDS	1
TURKEY	1
GERMANY	1
URUGUAY	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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