Weekly analysis - 26th November 2011 to 3rd December 2011

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03-Dec-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 26th November 2011 to 3rd December 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 26th November 2011 to 3rd December 2011


During the week we reported a total of 59 phishing scams

39 or 66% 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)

1.02% Halifax Online Customer alleged sender Halifax reported 26th November 2011

0.95% New Internet Banking Security Upgrade Notice. alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 26th November 2011

0.89% Your Security alert alleged sender MBNA BANK reported 26th November 2011

0.88% You have changed your PayPal email address alleged sender PayPal reported 26th November 2011

0.83% Virgin Media Billing center alleged sender Virgin Media reported 27th November 2011

0.82% Reinstate Your Accounts. alleged sender Lloydstsb Online reported 26th November 2011

0.75% Reinstate Your Accounts. alleged sender Lloyds reported 27th November 2011

0.74% Account Security Message alleged sender Littlewoods reported 28th November 2011

0.74% Account Maintenance alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 28th November 2011

0.73% Verify Your Account Details. alleged sender Halifax reported 28th November 2011

0.73% IMPORTANT: Changes To Your Online Account alleged sender BT Billing reported 26th November 2011

0.73% Online Account Security Upgrade alleged sender Tesco Online Banking reported 28th November 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	17
SANTANDER	10
LLOYDS	8
CO-OPERATIVE	5
HALIFAX	5
BANKING	5
TSB	5
LITTLEWOODS	5
PLC	4
ONLINE	4
INTERNET	3
GROUP	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	22
YOUR	15
SECURITY	14
ALERT	8
YOU	7
MESSAGE	6
HAVE	6
NEW	5
UPDATE	5
VERIFICATION	5
ONLINE	5
IMPORTANT	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency

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