Weekly analysis - 19th May 2012 to 26th May 2012

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26-May-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th May 2012 to 26th May 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 19th May 2012 to 26th May 2012


During the week we reported a total of 22 phishing scams

15 or 68% 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)

0.77% NOTICE ALERT (YOUR CAHOOT ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY BLOCKED) alleged sender Cahoot Bank reported 20th May 2012

0.77% [CHASE-29041] Your MasterCard account has been temporarily limited. alleged sender CHASE Security reported 21st May 2012

0.74% Santander Online Banking service alleged sender Santander Online Banking reported 21st May 2012

0.73% Alert- Halifax Account Management alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc reported 21st May 2012

0.72% Account bonus alleged sender Littlewoods reported 22nd May 2012

0.72% SANTANDER ONLINE BANKING SERVICE alleged sender Santander Online reported 20th May 2012

0.72% Security Alert ! alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC reported 21st May 2012

0.7% YOU HAVE 1 NEW SECURITY MESSAGE FROM CAHOOT BANK alleged sender Cahoot Bank reported 21st May 2012

0.65% LITTLEWOODS CUSTOMERS alleged sender LITTLEWOODS reported 19th May 2012

0.64% *** *** Security Message Alert alleged sender Halifax reported 19th May 2012

0.63% Important Security Message , alleged sender Barclays reported 19th May 2012

0.6% Halifax alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 19th May 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	6
HALIFAX	4
PLC	3
BARCLAYS	3
SANTANDER	2
MICROSOFT	2
CAHOOT	2
CHASE	2
ONLINE	2
MEMBER	1
YAHOO	1
SERVICE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	12
YOUR	6
UPDATE	4
HAS	3
BEEN	3
REQUIRED	3
ALERT	3
ONLINE	3
BANKING	3
CONFIRMATION	3
BANK	3
NEW	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	11
GERMANY	7
LUXEMBOURG	1
FRANCE	1
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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