Weekly analysis - 5th June 2010 to 12th June 2010

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12-Jun-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 5th June 2010 to 12th 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 5th June 2010 to 12th June 2010

During the week we reported a total of 113 phishing scams

87 or 77% 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)

1.18% Hotmail e-mail alert ( arabelles@hotmail.com ) alleged sender Hotmail reported 17th January 2010

0.49% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.44% New Santander Online Banking alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 3rd July 2009

0.38% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.29% This email confirms that you have paid SALES HOUND (sales@saleshound.com) alleged sender PayPal reported 21st October 2006

0.29% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.25% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

0.23% Verified by VISA, votre carte a été bloquée alleged sender securse@VerifiedbyVISA.fr reported 6th June 2010

0.22% Your account has been accessed from an unauthorized computer alleged sender PayPal reported 27th June 2009

0.21% Santander Online Banking - Please confirm your email address alleged sender Santander Online reported 11th January 2010

0.21% Regarding Your Account - Please Read Carefully alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc reported 9th June 2010

0.2% Paypal Account Ownership Verification alleged sender PayPal reported 6th June 2010

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

Keyword Frequency

HSBC 42
BANK 40
HALIFAX 17
PLC 14
ONLINE 7
BANKING 7
PAYPAL 6
PERSONAL 5
INTERNET 4
NATIONAL 3
EGG 3

BANKING. 3

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

Keyword Frequency

YOUR 32
ACCOUNT 29
BANK 28
HSBC 25
BANKING 18
MESSAGE 18
ONLINE 18
ACCESS 17
ALERT 14
NOTIFICATION 14
SECURITY 12

HALIFAX 12

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 14
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 3
GERMANY 2
CHINA 1
SWEDEN 1
UKRAINE 1
CANADA 1

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