Weekly analysis - 21st January 2012 to 28th January 2012

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28-Jan-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 21st January 2012 to 28th 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 21st January 2012 to 28th January 2012


During the week we reported a total of 40 phishing scams

29 or 73% 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)

0.75% bpdbankonline Direct Deposit was Updated 4ff5ed108935da92 alleged sender 246917965BUSINESS PAYMENTSV DE reported 24th January 2012

0.72% ALERT!!! Update Your Account Profile alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 24th January 2012

0.69% Your Santander account may have been compromised alleged sender Santander Bank reported 24th January 2012

0.69% Customer Message alleged sender Westpac reported 24th January 2012

0.66% ACCOUNT ACCESS DENIAL !! alleged sender The Co-operative reported 24th January 2012

0.66% Action Required to AOL Account Update! alleged sender AOL Account reported 24th January 2012

0.66% Lloyds TSB Account Blocked alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 23rd January 2012

0.65% Online Banking Customer Service Message Alert alleged sender Santander p.l.c reported 22nd January 2012

0.65% Lloyds TSB Account Blocked alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 24th January 2012

0.65% Incorrect login attempts. alleged sender Santander - Online Banking reported 22nd January 2012

0.63% Online Banking Status From LloydsTSB alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 22nd January 2012

0.63% Vodafone New Message alleged sender Vodafone reported 25th January 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	8
SANTANDER	8
LITTLEWOODS	4
LLOYDS	3
HALIFAX	3
VODAFONE	2
PLC	2
TSB	2
LLOYDSTSB	2
BARCLAYS	2
ONLINE	2
AOL	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	17
YOUR	12
ONLINE	7
BANKING	6
MESSAGE	5
CUSTOMER	4
BONUS	4
SANTANDER	4
UPDATE	3
NEW	3
ACCESS	3
ALERT	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	17
UNITED KINGDOM	6
GERMANY	4
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	2
DENMARK	1
INDIA	1
BELARUS	1
CZECH REPUBLIC	1
TURKEY	1
SWITZERLAND	1
JAPAN	1
VIET NAM	1

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