Weekly analysis - 13th October 2012 to 20th October 2012

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20-Oct-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 13th October 2012 to 20th 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 13th October 2012 to 20th October 2012


During the week we reported a total of 25 phishing scams

14 or 56% 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)

0.49% ACCOUNT SUSPENSION NOTICE alleged sender Santander reported 16th October 2012

0.48% HSBC: Your Online Account Has Been Blocked! alleged sender HSBC reported 14th October 2012

0.47% Your vodafone accounts update alleged sender vodafone reported 16th October 2012

0.45% Enc: Documento ! alleged sender Renata Andrade. reported 16th October 2012

0.45% Little known facts about Medicare - it does not pay for everything. alleged sender INFO MEDICARE INFO CENTER Med reported 14th October 2012

0.45% Enc: Documento - Planilha . alleged sender Sabrinna Martins . reported 15th October 2012

0.44% Enc: Documento .! alleged sender Patricia Andrade. reported 15th October 2012

0.44% Enc: Documento - Planilha .! alleged sender Sabrinna Martins . reported 15th October 2012

0.44% YAHOO LOTTERY RESULTS 2012 alleged sender YAHOO LOTTERY RESULTS 2012 reported 15th October 2012

0.43% Enc: Documento - Planilha . alleged sender Pamella Martins . reported 16th October 2012

0.39% Inadequate security enrollment alleged sender NatWest reported 17th October 2012

0.38% Your account is limited alleged sender Littlewoods reported 17th October 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ANDRADE.	4
RENATA	3
MARTINS	3
VODAFONE	2
INFO	2
PATRICIA	2
AUTHORIZED	2
DEALER	2
SABRINNA	2
SERVICE	1
CLICKSAFE	1
TSB	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
DOCUMENTO	8
ENC:	8
YOUR	5
ACCOUNT	5
PLANILHA	4
SECURITY	3
ONLINE	2
VODAFONE	2
BEEN	2
HAVE	2
HAS	2
FOR	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
BRAZIL	6
GERMANY	4
COLOMBIA	3
UKRAINE	2
LITHUANIA	1
CHINA	1
LUXEMBOURG	1

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