Weekly analysis - 4th February 2012 to 11th February 2012

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11-Feb-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 4th February 2012 to 11th 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 4th February 2012 to 11th February 2012


During the week we reported a total of 43 phishing scams

33 or 77% 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% Santander Bank Personal Account Update Alert alleged sender Santander Bank reported 5th February 2012

0.79% Santander - Important Security Alert alleged sender SANTANDER reported 6th February 2012

0.78% Incorrect login attempts. alleged sender Santander - Online Banking reported 6th February 2012

0.76% Validate Your Lloyds Tsb Account. alleged sender LLOYDSTSB reported 5th February 2012

0.76% YOUR SANTANDER INTERNET BANKING TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. alleged sender Santander Group Plc reported 6th February 2012

0.75% You Have One New Message alleged sender MasterCard reported 5th February 2012

0.73% Account Notification alleged sender Western Union reported 5th February 2012

0.73% Fraudulent activity on your account. alleged sender Santander - Online Banking reported 6th February 2012

0.72% Atualizacao Hotmail e MSN alleged sender servicos@msn.com reported 6th February 2012

0.71% UPDATE YOUR CO OPERATIVE ACCOUNT alleged sender Co operative Bank reported 6th February 2012

0.71% * Fraudulent activity on your account * alleged sender ON BEHALF OF Santander - Onl reported 6th February 2012

0.71% Western Union Payment Service Malaysia alleged sender Western Union Payment Service reported 5th February 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SANTANDER	12
BANK	8
UNION	6
WESTERN	6
ONLINE	5
MICROSOFT	3
PLC	3
BANKING	2
SERVICES	2
PAYPAL	2
LLOYDS	1
NATWEST	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	19
YOUR	13
IDENTIFICATION	6
ALERT	5
SANTANDER	4
REQUIRED	4
SECURITY	4
MESSAGE	4
NEW	3
LOGIN	3
ONLINE	3
BANKING	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	12
UNITED KINGDOM	4
GERMANY	4
SWITZERLAND	2
ISRAEL	1
FRANCE	1
ITALY	1
POLAND	1
BULGARIA	1
ECUADOR	1
CANADA	1
NORWAY	1

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