Weekly analysis - 26th May 2012 to 2nd June 2012

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02-Jun-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 26th May 2012 to 2nd June 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 26th May 2012 to 2nd June 2012


During the week we reported a total of 26 phishing scams

15 or 58% 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)

0.67% Halifax - Account Flagged alleged sender halifax-online.co.uk reported 27th May 2012

0.63% New Security Precautions. alleged sender Halifax UK reported 28th May 2012

0.62% HALIFAX ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender HALIFAX BANK reported 28th May 2012

0.62% Dear Customer Your Paypal account Has been limited ! alleged sender Service PayPal reported 26th May 2012

0.61% Ridiculous Deals from Groupon! alleged sender PERSONALIZED DEALS reported 28th May 2012

0.61% You Have One Urgent Message From LloydsTSB alleged sender Lloydstsb reported 29th May 2012

0.6% You have added a new email address for your Paypal account alleged sender PayPal reported 29th May 2012

0.6% IMPORTANT NOTICE: You have one new message! alleged sender Internal Revenue Service reported 28th May 2012

0.59% Online Payment Transfer On Your Account alleged sender Halifax Online Banking reported 29th May 2012

0.59% Case ID Number: NW-508-410-563 alleged sender Barclays reported 29th May 2012

0.58% Halifax Online Service : Important Service Update alleged sender Halifax reported 29th May 2012

0.57% Account Verification alleged sender Barclays reported 26th May 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	7
HALIFAX	6
ONLINE	3
SANTANDER	3
LLOYDSTSB	3
PAYPAL	3
BANKING	2
INC	1
VODAFONE	1
JOHNSON	1
TONY	1
SHEDRA	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	12
YOUR	10
PAYMENT	5
HAVE	4
MESSAGE	4
YOU	4
HALIFAX	4
UPDATE	4
FROM	4
NEW	4
FOR	3
SERVICE	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	10
UNITED KINGDOM	4
GERMANY	2
AUSTRALIA	1
CANADA	1
VIET NAM	1
SOUTH AFRICA	1
BANGLADESH	1
UKRAINE	1
FRANCE	1
THAILAND	1
BULGARIA	1

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