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

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14-Apr-2012

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


During the week we reported a total of 35 phishing scams

24 or 69% 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)

1.95% O2 VOICE MAIL RECEIVED alleged sender O2 reported 8th April 2012

0.92% Lloyds TSB E-mail Alert ! alleged sender ONLINESERVICES@LLOYDSTSB.COM reported 8th April 2012

0.92% Your internet banking account has been limited until we hear from you alleged sender support@hsbc.co.uk reported 10th April 2012

0.89% INTERNATIONAL CRICKET alleged sender INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL reported 8th April 2012

0.85% *** *** O2 Voice mail Received alleged sender O2 reported 11th April 2012

0.85% O2 New Message alleged sender O2 reported 7th April 2012

0.84% MICROSOFT AWARD PAYMENT alleged sender DR JOY GOODMAN reported 10th April 2012

0.82% Security Alert!!! alleged sender Natwest reported 10th April 2012

0.82% Halifax Account Reinstatement. alleged sender Halifax reported 10th April 2012

0.81% Security Alert!!! alleged sender Natwest Online Banking reported 9th April 2012

0.81% Message: Important VirtualMerchant Information! alleged sender Virtual Merchant Support reported 10th April 2012

0.8% Security Alert alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC reported 7th April 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NATWEST	7
HALIFAX	7
BANK	6
ONLINE	4
BANKING	4
PLC	3
LLOYDS	2
PAYPAL	2
CIBC	2
CANADA	2
NOREPLY	1
EVE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	10
ONLINE	8
SECURITY	7
YOUR	7
BANKING	7
RECEIVED	6
MAIL	5
VOICE	5
IMPORTANT	4
NATWEST	4
HALIFAX	4
BEEN	4

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	16
UNITED KINGDOM	5
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	3
GERMANY	3
SERBIA	2
JAPAN	2
TURKEY	2
SWITZERLAND	1
CANADA	1

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