Weekly analysis - 12th June 2010 to 19th June 2010

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19-Jun-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 12th June 2010 to 19th 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 12th June 2010 to 19th June 2010


During the week we reported a total of 108 phishing scams

77 or 71% 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)

1.04% Hotmail e-mail alert ( arabelles@hotmail.com ) alleged sender Hotmail reported 17th January 2010

0.47% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.37% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.26% New Santander Online Banking alleged sender Abbey Bank reported 3rd July 2009

0.26% ACCOUNT SUSPENSION alleged sender CHASE PAYMENTECH reported 15th June 2010

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

0.24% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.22% HM Revenue &customs Tax refund Notification. alleged sender HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS reported 14th June 2010

0.22% NEW MESSAGE ALERT ! alleged sender HSBC reported 12th June 2010

0.21% IMPORTANT - Alert About Your AOL Billing Information On File alleged sender AcctUpdate reported 13th June 2010

0.21% *IMPORTANT* HSBC - You Have 1 New Security Message Alert ! alleged sender Hsbc Internet reported 13th June 2010

0.21% Dear HSBC Bank UK Cardholder, alleged sender HSBC reported 14th June 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	43
HSBC	37
HALIFAX	19
PLC	16
ONLINE	11
EGG	9
BANKING	8
INTERNET	8
AMERICA	6
SECURITY	5
AOL	5
NATWEST	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	43
ACCOUNT	36
ONLINE	24
BANK	23
ALERT	23
HSBC	23
MESSAGE	22
NEW	17
SECURITY	17
BANKING	15
HAVE	14
ACCESS	14

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	12
CANADA	2
UNITED KINGDOM	1
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	1
FINLAND	1
NETHERLANDS	1
SWEDEN	1
LITHUANIA	1

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