Weekly analysis - 27th October 2012 to 3rd November 2012

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03-Nov-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 27th October 2012 to 3rd November 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 27th October 2012 to 3rd November 2012


During the week we reported a total of 29 phishing scams

13 or 45% 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)

0.7% Tesco Credit Card Verification alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 27th October 2012

0.7% Your profile needs to be updated alleged sender Westpac reported 28th October 2012

0.69% Account Notification From Tesco alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 28th October 2012

0.67% We detected irregular activity on your Barclays Check Card alleged sender BARCLAYS ONLINE BANKING reported 30th October 2012

0.67% Security Alert alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC violations@b reported 27th October 2012

0.67% Update Your Billing Information alleged sender BT Online reported 30th October 2012

0.66% Bank Of America Alert . Action Required alleged sender Bank Of America Alert reported 30th October 2012

0.64% Important Notification From LloydsTSB Bank alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 29th October 2012

0.64% You have 1 new messages alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 29th October 2012

0.64% Visa / Mastercard support alleged sender MasterCard reported 30th October 2012

0.64% Your vodafone security update alleged sender Vodafone reported 30th October 2012

0.63% LITTLEWOODS UPDATE alleged sender LittleWoods reported 29th October 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	6
ONLINE	3
PAYPAL	2
RENATA	2
NATIONAL	2
HALIFAX	2
VIEIRA.	2
SANTANA	2
SAMARA	2
LLOYDSTSB	2
LITTLEWOODS	2
MASTERCARD	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	9
ACCOUNT	6
DOCUMENTO	5
NOTIFICATION	5
UPDATE	4
BANK	4
FROM	4
CARD	3
HALIFAX	2
0449366.	2
BILLING	2
VISA	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	12
BRAZIL	4
UKRAINE	3
UNITED KINGDOM	2
IRELAND	1
SERBIA	1
NETHERLANDS	1
DENMARK	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
SPAIN	1
MALAYSIA	1