Weekly analysis - 24th September 2011 to 1st October 2011

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01-Oct-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 24th September 2011 to 1st October 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 24th September 2011 to 1st October 2011


During the week we reported a total of 65 phishing scams

44 or 68% 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% Abbey Online Banking Account Has Been Suspended. alleged sender Abbey National reported 25th September 2011

0.51% Verify Your Online Account. alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 24th September 2011

0.51% Halifax Alert : Secure your account. alleged sender Halifax Online Banking Plc. reported 28th September 2011

0.5% *** ***Halifax Online Service : A New Document Has Arrived alleged sender Halifax reported 25th September 2011

0.49% Prove Of Ownership (Account Verification Processing) alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 28th September 2011

0.48% CUSTOMER SERVICE MESSAGE alleged sender HALIFAX BANK PLC reported 25th September 2011

0.48% YOUR HALIFAX ACCOUNT HAS ENGAGE AN ERROR alleged sender Halifax reported 25th September 2011

0.48% Halifax Online Help Desk alleged sender Halifax (Bank of Scotland plc) reported 28th September 2011

0.48% Tax report IRS.gov alleged sender United States Department of th reported 24th September 2011

0.48% ACCESS SUSPENDED alleged sender Lloyds reported 24th September 2011

0.48% Access to Halifax Online Service alleged sender Halifax reported 28th September 2011

0.47% a  SleekBlond cute 28f fun now picts alleged sender Bridget28 reported 28th September 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HALIFAX	26
BANK	8
PAYPAL	4
ONLINE	4
SCOTLAND	4
PLC)	3
MICROSOFT	3
(BANK	3
(GOOGLE	2
DENIS	2
MANAGEM	2
HELP	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	20
ACCOUNT	17
ONLINE	12
HALIFAX	9
HAS	9
NEW	8
SERVICE	7
ACCESS	6
SECURITY	6
BANKING	5
INFORMATION	4
FROM	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	42
(UNKNOWN COUNTRY?)	9
FRANCE	2
CHILE	2
BANGLADESH	1
BRAZIL	1
IRELAND	1
NIGER	1
VIET NAM	1
CANADA	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
PHILIPPINES	1

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