Weekly analysis - 3rd December 2011 to 10th December 2011

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10-Dec-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 3rd December 2011 to 10th 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 3rd December 2011 to 10th December 2011


During the week we reported a total of 43 phishing scams

25 or 58% 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)

0.81% Discover Bank Security Alert alleged sender Discover Bank reported 7th December 2011

0.79% You have changed your PayPal email address alleged sender PayPal reported 7th December 2011

0.78% Important Security Information alleged sender Nationwide Building reported 7th December 2011

0.78% Re: A G Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection(CBP alleged sender Jayson Ahern reported 7th December 2011

0.78% LloydsTSB Account Maintenance Notification alleged sender LloydsTSB reported 7th December 2011

0.77% Irregular Activity Detected In Your Account alleged sender Natwest reported 7th December 2011

0.77% the last Alert to update your information alleged sender paypal reported 7th December 2011

0.77% Irregular Activity Detected In Your Account alleged sender NatWest Bank reported 6th December 2011

0.76% New Message from Chase Online(SM) alleged sender Chase reported 4th December 2011

0.75% Littlewoods: Account Notification alleged sender Littlewoods reported 7th December 2011

0.72% You have 1 new Security message From Lloyds Tsb alleged sender Lloyds reported 6th December 2011

0.72% *** *** This is a service notification from Chase 2nd Notice | Please Update Your Account alleged sender JPMorgan Chase & Co reported 6th December 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	8
HALIFAX	6
ONLINE	5
PAYPAL	4
LITTLEWOODS	3
LLOYDS	3
SANTANDER	2
HSBC	2
CO-OPERATIVE	2
NATWEST	2
P.L.C	2
BARCLAYS	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	18
ACCOUNT	17
SECURITY	12
MESSAGE	11
IMPORTANT	8
UPDATE	7
ALERT	7
NEW	7
HAVE	4
YOU	4
HAS	4
FROM	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency

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