Weekly analysis - 7th January 2012 to 14th January 2012

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14-Jan-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 7th January 2012 to 14th January 2012

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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 7th January 2012 to 14th January 2012


During the week we reported a total of 47 phishing scams

35 or 74% 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)

0.3% Abbey - Pending Payment Verification alleged sender Microsoft reported 9th January 2012

0.28% [HALIFAX- ACCOUNT ALERT!] alleged sender Halifax reported 10th January 2012

0.23% Pch Winning No:74956830 alleged sender Publishers Clearing House reported 8th January 2012

0.23% ACCOUNT SUSPENSION NOTICE alleged sender Microsoft reported 9th January 2012

0.22% New Security Upgrade At Co-operative Bank alleged sender co-operative bank p.l.c reported 9th January 2012

0.21% Halifax alert : Confirm your permanent telephone number. alleged sender Halifax reported 9th January 2012

0.21% LLOYDS TSB: Fraud_Department alleged sender Lloyds reported 8th January 2012

0.2% Incorrect login attempts. alleged sender Santander - Online Banking reported 10th January 2012

0.2% Access Suspended alleged sender Alliance&leicester/Santander reported 8th January 2012

0.19% Congratulations You Have been Assigned As Our Secret Shopper alleged sender Harry Powell reported 8th January 2012

0.19% You Have An Unconfirmed Payment In Your Account alleged sender Santander Bank reported 10th January 2012

0.19% Online Access To Your Account Has Been Suspended. alleged sender NAT-WEST INTERNET BANKING reported 8th January 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SANTANDER	17
ONLINE	8
BANKING	7
BANK	5
HALIFAX	4
PLC	3
MICROSOFT	3
LLOYDS	2
VODAFONE.CO.UK	2
CO-OPERATIVE	2
NATWEST	1
HALIFAX-ALERT	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	18
YOUR	16
ONLINE	8
BEEN	6
YOU	6
NEW	6
HAS	5
HAVE	5
MESSAGE	5
IMPORTANT	4
BANKING	4
ALERT	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	28
SWITZERLAND	3
FRANCE	2
CANADA	2
ITALY	2
GERMANY	2
SWEDEN	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
INDONESIA	1
BRAZIL	1
SOUTH AFRICA	1
AUSTRALIA	1

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