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Weekly analysis - 28th March 2010 to 4th April 2010

Weekly analysis - 28th March 2010 to 4th April 2010


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04-Apr-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 28th March 2010 to 4th April 2010

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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 28th March 2010 to 4th April 2010


During the week we reported a total of 104 phishing scams

82 or 79% 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 we reported as defined by search engine visits to each scam report were (as percentage of all visits to the site)

  • 0.84% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.3% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

  • 0.25% Upgrade Alert (Protect Your Halifax Bank Account ) alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 21st June 2009

  • 0.25% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

  • 0.2% Verify Your Account :- alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.19% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.18% Notification from Discover Bank alleged sender Discover Bank reported 24th June 2009

  • 0.18% HSBC Bank UK - Online Banking : Message Alert! alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 22nd June 2009

  • 0.17% Cahoot Online Autorization alleged sender cahoot reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.17% 27 June 2009 customer message Information about your cahoot account alleged sender Cahoot reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.16% Online Banking Security Update Notification . alleged sender United Kingdom Banking reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.16% Abbey Bank Alert: Account Upgrade Notification alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 22nd June 2009

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

    Keyword Frequency
    BANK 39
    HSBC 31
    HALIFAX 15
    PLC 13
    ONLINE 12
    BANKING 9
    PAYPAL 8
    EGG 7
    AMERICA 6
    INTERNET 4
    TEAM 3
    SERVICE 3

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    ACCOUNT 39
    YOUR 34
    HSBC 17
    ONLINE 16
    IMPORTANT 15
    BANKING 14
    MESSAGE 13
    ACCESS 13
    BANK 13
    NOTIFICATION 11
    SECURITY 11
    CUSTOMER 10

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 50
    UNITED KINGDOM 2
    NORWAY 2
    ROMANIA 2
    RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2
    FRANCE 2
    AUSTRALIA 2
    PORTUGAL 1
    BULGARIA 1
    POLAND 1
    UKRAINE 1
    CHINA 1

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