Weekly analysis - 29th September 2012 to 6th October 2012

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06-Oct-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 29th September 2012 to 6th October 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 29th September 2012 to 6th October 2012


During the week we reported a total of 25 phishing scams

19 or 76% 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)

0.87% UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS ON YOUR ACCOUNT. alleged sender NatWest reported 30th September 2012

0.82% HALIFAX: ACCOUNT REVIEW alleged sender halifax@noreply.co.uk reported 30th September 2012

0.74% Your o2 update is required. alleged sender O2 reported 30th September 2012

0.74% Mrs. Lilian Bishop Willed Fund Account Update and Transfer Direction alleged sender Standard Credit Union Bank reported 3rd October 2012

0.74% LloydsTSB: Your Account is Under Review !!! alleged sender LloydsTSB Online reported 1st October 2012

0.73% Central de Apoio ao Internet Banking alleged sender SAC - Alô Brades reported 1st October 2012

0.72% Halifax - You have one(1) private message alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 1st October 2012

0.71% Lloyds TSB Bank Customer Services Alert. alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 1st October 2012

0.71% Sua conta da hotmail encontra-se bloqueada alleged sender Equipe Windows Live reported 2nd October 2012

0.71% Your Account (New Access Location Detected) alleged sender Co-operative reported 1st October 2012

0.7% Lloyds TSB Security Notification alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 30th September 2012

0.68% YOUR O2 UPDATE IS REQUIRED. alleged sender O2 reported 1st October 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	6
NATWEST	4
HALIFAX	3
BARCLAYS	2
TSB	2
LLOYDS	2
ALHAJI	1
AMINU	1
TUNDE	1
DANIELLA	1
CAMPOS.	1
ROYAL	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	12
ACCOUNT	8
ONLINE	5
NOTIFICATION	4
BANK	4
REVIEW	3
ACCESS	3
NATWEST	3
UPDATE	3
BANKING	2
YOU	2
INFORMATION	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	17
AUSTRALIA	1
PORTUGAL	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
BRAZIL	1
NETHERLANDS	1
GERMANY	1
HUNGARY	1
MALAYSIA	1

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