Weekly analysis - 10th July 2010 to 17th July 2010

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17-Jul-2010

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 10th July 2010 to 17th 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 10th July 2010 to 17th July 2010


During the week we reported a total of 99 phishing scams

75 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)

1.25% Hotmail e-mail alert ( arabelles@hotmail.com ) alleged sender Hotmail reported 17th January 2010

1.15% Notice: You have 2 new security message alleged sender HSBC Bank plc® reported 12th July 2010

1.03% Your Account Has Been Revoked alleged sender HSBC reported 10th July 2010

0.77% Account alert - livgreenwell@hotmail.co.uk alleged sender Hotmail reported 7th July 2010

0.61% Your Account Has Been De-activated alleged sender HSBC Bank Uk reported 6th July 2010

0.42% YOUR AMAZON.COM ORDER (D13-4981410-2855166) alleged sender Amazon.com reported 22nd June 2010

0.32% Online Security Backup alleged sender Natwest Digital Banking reported 29th June 2010

0.3% You have 1 new message alleged sender Egg reported 14th July 2010

0.3% [Norton Anti] New message from Lloyds Bank alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank plc reported 12th July 2010

0.3% New Message from Downey Savings Fraud Department alleged sender Downey Savings reported 29th July 2007

0.3% account restriction has been carried out alleged sender Halifax reported 12th July 2010

0.29% NatWest Online Banking: Account Service Request Alert alleged sender Natwest reported 11th July 2010

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	35
HSBC	26
HALIFAX	13
EGG	11
PLC	10
BANKING	7
ONLINE	6
NATWEST	5
LLOYDS	4
ALLIANCE	4
TSB	4
LEICESTER	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	35
ACCOUNT	33
SECURITY	18
BANKING	17
NEW	15
HSBC	14
ONLINE	13
MESSAGE	13
BANK	12
YOU	11
INTERNET	10
HAVE	10

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	27
UNITED KINGDOM	8
CANADA	4
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
FRANCE	2
THAILAND	2
CZECH REPUBLIC	2
ITALY	2
ROMANIA	2
GERMANY	2
SPAIN	2
SOUTH AFRICA	2

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