Weekly analysis - 19th June 2010 to 26th June 2010

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26-Jun-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th June 2010 to 26th 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 19th June 2010 to 26th June 2010


During the week we reported a total of 111 phishing scams

84 or 76% 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)

1.39% Hotmail e-mail alert ( arabelles@hotmail.com ) alleged sender Hotmail reported 17th January 2010

0.79% YOUR AMAZON.COM ORDER (D13-4981410-2855166) alleged sender Amazon.com reported 22nd June 2010

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

0.4% Santander Online Banking - Please confirm your email address alleged sender Santander Online reported 11th January 2010

0.3% Desjardins Support alleged sender Desjardins reported 15th February 2008

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

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

0.23% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

0.22% Your Order with Amazon.com alleged sender Amazon reported 31st January 2007

0.22% Incoming Payment Notification. 20/06/2010 alleged sender HSBC PERSONAL BANKING. reported 20th June 2010

0.21% Unauthorized access on your PayPal account! alleged sender PayPal reported 20th June 2010

0.19% Halifax Bank: You have 1 important security alert ! alleged sender Halifax Online Banking reported 20th June 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	39
HSBC	37
HALIFAX	11
ONLINE	10
PLC	9
BANKING	9
EGG	7
NATWEST	7
PAYPAL	5
USAA	4
AOL	4
ALLIANCE	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	44
ACCOUNT	35
ONLINE	23
ALERT	22
SECURITY	22
HSBC	21
BANK	18
MESSAGE	18
BANKING	18
NOTIFICATION	12
IMPORTANT	11
NEW	10

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	33
CANADA	6
CHINA	4
GERMANY	4
ITALY	4
NETHERLANDS	3
MALAYSIA	2
AUSTRALIA	2
UNITED KINGDOM	2
GEORGIA	1
BRAZIL	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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