Weekly analysis - 24th December 2011 to 31st December 2011

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31-Dec-2011

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 24th December 2011 to 31st 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 24th December 2011 to 31st December 2011


During the week we reported a total of 40 phishing scams

28 or 70% 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)

0.19% Dear Amazon Customer (Important Message) alleged sender Amazon reported 27th December 2011

0.19% Northern Rock Account Alert: Account Update alleged sender Northern Rock Account reported 25th December 2011

0.18% Alert-Online Banking Request alleged sender Microsoft reported 24th December 2011

0.16% Important - Security Update alleged sender Santander Online reported 26th December 2011

0.16% IMPORTANT Changes To Your Online Account alleged sender BT ebilling reported 24th December 2011

0.15% PayPal Department - Account Status - Limited! alleged sender PayPal reported 27th December 2011

0.15% SECURITY ALERT ! alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC reported 27th December 2011

0.15% Automated Online Security Alert alleged sender Satander Bank reported 28th December 2011

0.14% Update Your Account Online! alleged sender Co-operative Bank p.l.c reported 26th December 2011

0.14% Santander secure message details. alleged sender Santander UK plc reported 28th December 2011

0.14% Alert: Unconfirmed Payments On Your Account. alleged sender Santander Bank Plc reported 24th December 2011

0.14% Account Verification alleged sender BT Internet Online Services reported 28th December 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SANTANDER	6
BANK	6
BARCLAYS	5
PAYPAL	5
SERVICES	5
ONLINE	4
PLC	3
SATANDER	2
WEB	2
CO-OPERATIVE	2
WESTERN	2
CUSTOMER	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	14
YOUR	10
ONLINE	7
UPDATE	7
ALERT	6
SECURITY	5
ACCESS	5
HAS	5
WITH	4
***	4
SANTANDER	4
BEEN	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	25
UNITED KINGDOM	6
GERMANY	2
FRANCE	2
UKRAINE	1
HONG KONG	1
POLAND	1
SWEDEN	1

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