Weekly analysis - 3rd March 2012 to 10th March 2012

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10-Mar-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 3rd March 2012 to 10th March 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 3rd March 2012 to 10th March 2012


During the week we reported a total of 35 phishing scams

20 or 57% 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% The Co-operative Bank - New SSL Server alleged sender The Co-operative Bank P.l.c reported 4th March 2012

0.74% Multiple Errors detected on your account. alleged sender Santander Bank reported 3rd March 2012

0.74% The Co-operative Bank Online Service Message alleged sender Co-operative Bank p.l.c reported 4th March 2012

0.73% Let op! Uw PayPal-rekening is beperkt alleged sender PayPal reported 4th March 2012

0.73% =?utf-8?b?UHJvbW/Dp8OjbyBDYXJ0w6NvIEFtaWdvOiBWb2PDqiBkZSBjYXNhIG5vdmEg?= =?utf-8?q?e_seu_amigo_de_carro_0km=2E?= alleged sender =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Promo=E7=F5es?= reported 4th March 2012

0.72% Halifax E-mail Alert ! alleged sender HALIFAX reported 4th March 2012

0.72% Your PayPal Account Is About To Be Suspended. alleged sender PayPal reported 3rd March 2012

0.69% your Account has been locked for your security. alleged sender Very.co.uk reported 3rd March 2012

0.69% Your Online Security alleged sender Co-operative reported 3rd March 2012

0.68% REF- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF $8,000,000.00 (EIGHT MILLION US DOLLARS) alleged sender CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. reported 3rd March 2012

0.68% new Security Message Alert - NAB alleged sender NAB Internet reported 4th March 2012

0.67% Account Administrator Alert. alleged sender HALIFAX reported 3rd March 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ONLINE	7
PAYPAL	6
BANK	6
SANTANDER	5
HALIFAX	5
CO-OPERATIVE	4
P.L.C	3
SECURITY	2
BANKING	2
TSB	2
LLOYDS	2
MICROSOFT	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	12
ACCOUNT	10
SECURITY	7
ONLINE	6
MESSAGE	6
UPDATE	5
SANTANDER	5
IMPORTANT	5
PAYPAL	4
BANK	4
BANKING	3
HALIFAX	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	19
SPAIN	3
FRANCE	2
POLAND	2
HONG KONG	1
CANADA	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
SINGAPORE	1
CHILE	1
ARGENTINA	1

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