Weekly analysis - 3rd July 2010 to 10th July 2010

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10-Jul-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 3rd July 2010 to 10th 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 3rd July 2010 to 10th July 2010


During the week we reported a total of 103 phishing scams

78 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)

7.12% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.75% Hotmail e-mail alert ( arabelles@hotmail.com ) alleged sender Hotmail reported 17th January 2010

0.62% Account alert - livgreenwell@hotmail.co.uk alleged sender Hotmail reported 7th July 2010

0.52% Your Account Has Been De-activated alleged sender HSBC Bank Uk reported 6th July 2010

0.52% [Norton Anti] HSBC: INTERNET BANKING ALERT!!! alleged sender HSBC Bank UK reported 29th January 2010

0.46% Santander Online Banking - Please confirm your email address alleged sender Santander Online reported 11th January 2010

0.3% Tax Refund Notification alleged sender HM Revenue and Customs reported 27th June 2009

0.27% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.23% *** ***Security Information - Access Suspended. alleged sender HSBC Bank UK reported 29th January 2010

0.21% RE-ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Halifax reported 1st May 2008

0.2% Your btinternet.com account information has changed alleged sender btinternet.com reported 29th June 2010

0.19% Online Security Upgrade alleged sender HSBC reported 11th January 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	42
HSBC	36
PLC	16
HALIFAX	15
EGG	9
BANKING	7
ALLIANCE	7
ONLINE	6
AMERICA	6
LEICESTER	6
CHASE	4
ALERT	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	37
YOUR	33
BANK	18
HSBC	18
UPDATE	16
BANKING	14
ONLINE	13
SECURITY	12
MESSAGE	12
ALERT	12
FROM	11
CUSTOMER	10

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	39
UNITED KINGDOM	10
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	6
AUSTRALIA	5
ITALY	4
UKRAINE	3
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	2
CHINA	2
GERMANY	2
BRAZIL	2
INDONESIA	1
ROMANIA	1

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