Weekly analysis - 19th November 2011 to 26th November 2011

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26-Nov-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th November 2011 to 26th November 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 19th November 2011 to 26th November 2011

During the week we reported a total of 70 phishing scams

44 or 63% 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)

0.65% Sbcglobal Account Update!! alleged sender Sbcglobal reported 24th November 2011

0.65% Chase Online Account Information alleged sender Chase reported 20th November 2011

0.65% #Account ALERT* alleged sender Halifax reported 21st November 2011

0.62% Halifax Bank Plc : Online Verification Required alleged sender Halifax Online Banking reported 24th November 2011

0.62% View Your Account Summary alleged sender NatWest reported 24th November 2011

0.6% Santander - Online Banking Security Alert. alleged sender Santander Bank plc reported 24th November 2011

0.6% You have new message waiting in your Inbox Folder alleged sender NatWest Online Banking reported 24th November 2011

0.59% Account Alert alleged sender Littlewoods reported 24th November 2011

0.58% One New Message alleged sender TD Waterhouse reported 24th November 2011

0.58% Important Banking Alert. alleged sender NatWest Bank Plc. reported 24th November 2011

0.58% Account Bonus.. alleged sender Vodafone.co.uk reported 21st November 2011

0.57% New Security Message Alert alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 23rd November 2011

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
BANK	16
HALIFAX	16
PLC	12
ONLINE	7
NATWEST	7
MICROSOFT	6
LITTLEWOODS	4
PAYPAL	4
BANKING	3
SANTANDER	3
ALLIANCE	3
LEICESTER	3

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	31
YOUR	27
ONLINE	13
BANKING	10
HALIFAX	10
SECURITY	9
NEW	6
MESSAGE	5
SERVICE	5
BONUS	5
BEEN	5
IMPORTANT	5

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

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