Weekly analysis - 9th June 2012 to 16th June 2012

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16-Jun-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th June 2012 to 16th 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 9th June 2012 to 16th June 2012


During the week we reported a total of 17 phishing scams

14 or 82% 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)

1.23% IMPORTANT SECURITY MESSAGE FROM LLOYDS TSB alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 12th June 2012

1.11% You have one urgent payment on your account alleged sender LloydsTSB Online Bank reported 12th June 2012

1.1% There is a new payment on your account alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 12th June 2012

1.03% YAHOO PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class=yiv798807832ms__id14567> alleged sender Yahoo & Microsoft Award reported 9th June 2012

1.02% There is a suspicious login attempts on your account alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 11th June 2012

1.02% CONGRATULATIONS! YAHOO ANNIVERSARY AWARD NOTIFICATION NEWS 2012 alleged sender CONGRATULATIONS! YAHOO ANNIVER reported 11th June 2012

1% Review message: Recent suspicious login attempts alleged sender Very Online Shopping reported 10th June 2012

1% Microsoft notification alleged sender Windows Live reported 11th June 2012

0.99% Your PayPal account has been limited alleged sender PayPal reported 10th June 2012

0.99% Customers Notifications Account. alleged sender Natwest reported 11th June 2012

0.96% Halifax - Customer Service alleged sender Halifax reported 9th June 2012

0.94% Account Access Suspended alleged sender Yorkshire Bank reported 9th June 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	6
LLOYDSTSB	3
CO-OPERATIVE	2
THE	2
ONLINE	2
PAYPAL	2
PLC	1
HALIFAX	1
BANK.	1
NETWEST	1
BILLING	1
MICROSOFT	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	9
YOUR	8
SECURITY	3
THERE	3
PAYMENT	3
FROM	3
YAHOO	2
REVIEW	2
YOU	2
MESSAGE	2
NOTIFICATION	2
IMPORTANT	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	10
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
NETHERLANDS	1
ITALY	1
PORTUGAL	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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