Weekly analysis - 3rd November 2012 to 10th November 2012

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10-Nov-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 3rd November 2012 to 10th 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 3rd November 2012 to 10th November 2012


During the week we reported a total of 21 phishing scams

17 or 81% 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)

0.82% You have received a new message alleged sender Microsoft reported 6th November 2012

0.71% your paypal a ccount was limited alleged sender PayPal reported 3rd November 2012

0.71% Your email account has been blocked alleged sender Email Team reported 6th November 2012

0.7% [Bulk] Yahoo Security Notification alleged sender Yahoo Mail Service reported 3rd November 2012

0.67% Bank Of America Notifications alleged sender Bank Of America reported 5th November 2012

0.66% Account Update Notice alleged sender Santander reported 6th November 2012

0.66% IMPORTANT: Alert about your BT Internet billing alleged sender BT reported 3rd November 2012

0.66% Yorkshire Bank Online Notification alleged sender Yorkshire reported 5th November 2012

0.64% Account Update Notice alleged sender Santander reported 5th November 2012

0.63% Your Account Requires Extra Verification alleged sender Lloyds reported 5th November 2012

0.62% Halifax Bank Account Payment Notification alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 5th November 2012

0.61% ***Urgent*** Info PayPal Account Information changed alleged sender PayPal Security Team reported 3rd November 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	5
SANTANDER	4
YORKSHIRE	2
ABACHA	1
MOHAMMED	1
PAYPAL	1
YAHOO.COM	1
NATIONWIDE	1
VODAFONE	1
CO-OPERATIVE	1
THE	1
WESTERNUNION	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	8
YOUR	6
BANK	5
UPDATE	3
HAS	3
NOTIFICATION	3
BEEN	3
HAVE	2
YOU	2
NOTICE	2
NEW	2
MESSAGE	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	12
GERMANY	2
INDIA	1
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF	1
ITALY	1
IRELAND	1
CHINA	1
TURKEY	1

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