Weekly analysis - 11th April 2010 to 18th April 2010

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18-Apr-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th April 2010 to 18th 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 11th April 2010 to 18th April 2010


During the week we reported a total of 110 phishing scams

86 or 78% 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)

0.72% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.51% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.29% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.28% New Santander Online Banking alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 3rd July 2009

0.25% Your AOL Account! alleged sender AOL reported 10th April 2010

0.25% HSBC Security Team alleged sender HSBC UK reported 16th January 2010

0.25% Upgrade to HSBC Advance Security alleged sender HSBC reported 11th April 2010

0.24% HSBC : Illegal Money Transfer Attempt alleged sender HSBC reported 10th April 2010

0.23% HSBC Account Alert ( courtneys_8@msn.com ) alleged sender HSBC reported 13th April 2010

0.23% Online Banking Fraud Guarantee.. alleged sender HSBC reported 11th April 2010

0.21% Funds Have Been Credited to Your Account alleged sender Santander reported 13th April 2010

0.21% Important - About your account(s) alleged sender first reported 11th April 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	46
BANK	44
PLC	22
PAYPAL	7
ONLINE	7
HALIFAX	6
INTERNET	5
EGG	5
PLC©	4
BANKING	4
AMERICA	3
SERVICES	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	43
YOUR	42
ONLINE	26
HSBC	22
BANKING	18
SECURITY	18
BANK	17
ALERT	14
UPDATE	14
ACCESS	13
IMPORTANT	12
BEEN	11

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	53
UNITED KINGDOM	8
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	4
JAPAN	3
SWEDEN	2
SPAIN	2
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	2
GERMANY	2
DENMARK	2
TAIWAN	1
CHINA	1
BELGIUM	1

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