Weekly analysis - 28th January 2012 to 4th February 2012

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04-Feb-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 28th January 2012 to 4th February 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 28th January 2012 to 4th February 2012


During the week we reported a total of 46 phishing scams

34 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)

0.5% Update Your Account- Wednesday, February 01, 2012 alleged sender Santander UK plc reported 1st February 2012

0.47% Fraudulent Alert : Your Online Account Has Been Locked alleged sender Santander reported 1st February 2012

0.47% [Norton Anti]IMPORTANT: The purpose of an information alleged sender Microsoft reported 1st February 2012

0.46% Important Updates For Your T-mobile Account alleged sender T-Mobile UK reported 1st February 2012

0.46% BT Security Precaution !! alleged sender BT Online Service! reported 1st February 2012

0.45% your Account has been locked for your security. alleged sender Very.co.uk reported 1st February 2012

0.45% Alert Banking: Security Notification alleged sender Barclays Bank Plc. reported 2nd February 2012

0.45% Confirm Your Account Information alleged sender Santander Bank reported 31st January 2012

0.45% Your Online Banking Notification alleged sender Alliance&leicester/Santander reported 1st February 2012

0.45% Security Improvement alleged sender Barclays reported 1st February 2012

0.45% Warning Your Account Has Been Limited ! alleged sender PayPal reported 1st February 2012

0.42% Santander New Update 2012 alleged sender Santander Online reported 31st January 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	7
SANTANDER	7
PLC	5
BANK	5
WESTERN	3
BARCLAYS	3
UNION	3
NATWEST	3
MICROSOFT	3
ONLINE	2
BT©	1
EUROPE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	21
ACCOUNT	16
SECURITY	9
NOTIFICATION	6
YOU	6
UPDATE	6
INFORMATION	5
BEEN	5
HAS	5
ONLINE	5
***	4
BANKING	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	18
GERMANY	5
CANADA	2
CZECH REPUBLIC	2
AUSTRALIA	2
UNITED KINGDOM	2
SWEDEN	1
LITHUANIA	1
ISRAEL	1
FRANCE	1
INDIA	1
UKRAINE	1

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