Weekly analysis - 26th June 2010 to 3rd July 2010

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03-Jul-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 26th June 2010 to 3rd July 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 26th June 2010 to 3rd July 2010


During the week we reported a total of 108 phishing scams

70 or 65% 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)

1.36% Hotmail e-mail alert ( arabelles@hotmail.com ) alleged sender Hotmail reported 17th January 2010

0.48% Santander Online Banking - Please confirm your email address alleged sender Santander Online reported 11th January 2010

0.35% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.34% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.28% Desjardins Support alleged sender Desjardins reported 15th February 2008

0.26% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.25% Alert : Issue Consigning Your Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 29th April 2008

0.25% Your btinternet.com account information has changed alleged sender btinternet.com reported 29th June 2010

0.24% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

0.2% [!! ] Your Amazon.com Order (D98-4198416-3798037) alleged sender Amazon.com reported 26th June 2010

0.18% HSBC Internet Banking alleged sender UK HSBC reported 1st July 2010

0.18% Security Notification Update. Tue 29/06/2010 alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 29th June 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HSBC	35
BANK	31
HALIFAX	15
EGG	12
AOL	8
ONLINE	6
BANKING	5
NATWEST	5
PLC	5
PERSONAL	4
BILLING	4
INTERNET	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	43
YOUR	37
MESSAGE	19
SECURITY	16
HSBC	16
NEW	15
BANK	14
ALERT	12
BANKING	12
ACCESS	11
ONLINE	11
UPDATE	11

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	40
UNITED KINGDOM	9
GERMANY	6
ITALY	6
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	5
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	3
CANADA	2
THAILAND	2
VIET NAM	1
HONG KONG	1
BANGLADESH	1
IRELAND	1

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