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Weekly analysis - 29th May 2010 to 5th June 2010

Weekly analysis - 29th May 2010 to 5th June 2010


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05-Jun-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 29th May 2010 to 5th June 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 29th May 2010 to 5th June 2010


During the week we reported a total of 117 phishing scams

88 or 75% 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)

  • 0.44% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

  • 0.31% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

  • 0.31% New Santander Online Banking alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 3rd July 2009

  • 0.24% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.23% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.21% 27 June 2009 customer message Information about your cahoot account alleged sender Cahoot reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.21% Verify Your Account :- alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 27th June 2009

  • 0.2% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

  • 0.2% Your Account Has Been Temporarily Suspended!! alleged sender Paypal Security reported 3rd June 2010

  • 0.19% [BULK] NOTIFICATION MESSAGE FROM HSBC BANK! alleged sender ©HSBC Bank reported 3rd June 2010

  • 0.19% {?} Dear HSBC Bank UK Cardholder, alleged sender HSBC BANK reported 3rd June 2010

  • 0.19% Online Security alleged sender Halifax Online reported 3rd June 2010

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

    Keyword Frequency
    BANK 31
    HSBC 31
    HALIFAX 28
    PAYPAL 9
    PLC 9
    ONLINE 8
    NATWEST 7
    EGG 4
    BANKING. 4
    PERSONAL 4
    ALLIANCE 3
    SECURITY 3

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    YOUR 41
    SECURITY 25
    ACCOUNT 25
    ONLINE 25
    BANKING 24
    HSBC 22
    BANK 19
    ACCESS 16
    MESSAGE 15
    NOTIFICATION 14
    UPDATE 13
    HALIFAX 12

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 10
    SWEDEN 4
    UNITED KINGDOM 2
    BRAZIL 1
    NETHERLANDS 1
    RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1
    CHILE 1
    MEXICO 1
    CANADA 1

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