Weekly analysis - 12th November 2011 to 19th November 2011

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19-Nov-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 12th November 2011 to 19th November 2011

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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 November 2011 to 19th November 2011


During the week we reported a total of 46 phishing scams

36 or 78% 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)

1.05% Important update regarding your privacy. alleged sender Santander UK. reported 14th November 2011

1.05% Important Account Notification alleged sender Barclays Online reported 13th November 2011

1.04% Your account has been placed on restricted status alleged sender Santander PLC reported 13th November 2011

1.04% You have 1 new update. alleged sender Santander reported 14th November 2011

1.03% Santander Online Banking : View Message To Proceed alleged sender Microsoft reported 13th November 2011

1.02% Capital One® Credit Card Account Notification alleged sender Microsoft reported 14th November 2011

1.01% Important Notice from Online Banking alleged sender Santander reported 14th November 2011

1% Introducing Santander Online Banking Security Modules alleged sender Santander Online Banking reported 14th November 2011

0.99% : Get your £500 TESCO Voucher! Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:09:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: alleged sender Tesco reported 14th November 2011

0.98% LloydsTSB - Account Alert! alleged sender Lloydstsb reported 15th November 2011

0.97% Update Your Online Account alleged sender Cahoot reported 13th November 2011

0.96% Battle.net Account Management alleged sender Blizzard Entertainment reported 15th November 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HALIFAX	10
SANTANDER	9
ONLINE	7
PLC	5
BANKING	4
MICROSOFT	4
NORTHERN	3
BARCLAYS	3
ROCK	3
ENTERTAINMENT	2
EGG	2
BLIZZARD	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	17
YOUR	16
ONLINE	11
BANKING	10
SECURITY	7
IMPORTANT	6
UPDATE	6
HALIFAX	6
YOU	4
SANTANDER	4
NEW	4
MESSAGE	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency

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