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

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

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    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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