Weekly analysis - 4th April 2010 to 11th April 2010

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11-Apr-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 4th April 2010 to 11th 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 4th April 2010 to 11th April 2010


During the week we reported a total of 112 phishing scams

96 or 86% 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)

0.47% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.24% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.19% Upgrade Alert (Protect Your Halifax Bank Account ) alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 21st June 2009

0.16% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.13% New Santander Online Banking alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 3rd July 2009

0.13% HSBC Bank UK - Online Banking : Message Alert! alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 22nd June 2009

0.12% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

0.12% Notification from Discover Bank alleged sender Discover Bank reported 24th June 2009

0.12% Cahoot Online Autorization alleged sender cahoot reported 27th June 2009

0.12% Please sign in your USAA account, verify and update your profile immediately alleged sender USAA reported 23rd December 2005

0.11% Online Security Alerts. alleged sender Egg Bank reported 20th June 2009

0.11% Online Banking Security Update Notification . alleged sender United Kingdom Banking reported 27th June 2009

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	36
BANK	28
HALIFAX	12
ONLINE	12
BANKING	10
PLC	8
MBNA	7
CHASE	6
INTERNET	5
PAYPAL	5
EGG	4
CAHOOT	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	40
YOUR	36
SECURITY	25
ONLINE	22
BANKING	16
ACCESS	15
HSBC	15
MESSAGE	14
ALERT	14
IMPORTANT	13
UPDATE	10
CUSTOMER	9

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	44
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	8
UNITED KINGDOM	5
ARGENTINA	4
GERMANY	3
AUSTRALIA	3
NETHERLANDS	2
FRANCE	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
HONG KONG	2
ESTONIA	1
SPAIN	1

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