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

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14-Jul-2012

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


During the week we reported a total of 28 phishing scams

21 or 75% 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)

0.92% VISA SECURITY DEPARTMENT - TRANSACTION REFUSED alleged sender Verified by reported 10th July 2012

0.9% Regions Bank Notification - Challenge Questions and Answers alleged sender regionsbank@region.com reported 8th July 2012

0.85% Account Review Notification alleged sender Bank of America reported 9th July 2012

0.8% O2 VOICE MAIL RECEIVED alleged sender O2 reported 9th July 2012

0.8% ACCESS TO YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED alleged sender Lloyds Tsb Bank reported 10th July 2012

0.79% Verify Your Account For Payment alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 9th July 2012

0.79% Email account suspension, update now alleged sender Memberinfo reported 10th July 2012

0.77% Secure Your Northern Rock Accoutn Access. alleged sender Northern Rock reported 10th July 2012

0.76% Halifax security departament read and do not ignore your safely. alleged sender Halifax reported 10th July 2012

0.75% PLEASE UPDATE YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS alleged sender PayPal reported 11th July 2012

0.74% RBS - Activate Your Online Access. alleged sender The Royal Bank of Scotland reported 11th July 2012

0.72% We need to confirm a few things with you alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 11th July 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	6
PAYPAL	5
HALIFAX	4
TESCO	2
ONLINE	2
BANKING	2
LLOYDS	2
YAHOO!	2
HOTMAIL	1
TEAM	1
LITTLEWOODS	1
THE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	14
ACCOUNT	14
UPDATE	5
PAYPAL	4
HAS	4
SECURITY	4
REVIEW	3
NOTIFICATION	3
YOU	2
ACCESS	2
VERIFY	2
ACCESS.	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	16
THAILAND	2
NETHERLANDS	2
HONG KONG	1
SPAIN	1
GERMANY	1
CANADA	1
FRANCE	1
SWEDEN	1

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