Weekly analysis - 17th November 2012 to 24th November 2012

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24-Nov-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 17th November 2012 to 24th 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 17th November 2012 to 24th November 2012


During the week we reported a total of 15 phishing scams

10 or 67% 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)

0.67% Mrs. Lillian Bishop Willed Fund Account Update/Transfer Direction alleged sender Standard Credit Union Bank reported 19th November 2012

0.63% Co-operative Bank Security Alert! alleged sender Co-operative Bank reported 20th November 2012

0.62% Wells Fargo Online Banking Security Check. alleged sender Wells Fargo Online Banking. reported 19th November 2012

0.61% TESCO BANK- ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT alleged sender Tesco reported 19th November 2012

0.59% O2 Voicemail Received alleged sender O2 reported 18th November 2012

0.58% Managing Your Littlewoods Account. alleged sender Littlewoods reported 19th November 2012

0.57% Co-operative Bank - Account Verification alleged sender Co-operative Bank Plc reported 17th November 2012

0.56% [Bulk] Your PayPal Transaction Was Declined alleged sender Paypal Services. reported 19th November 2012

0.55% Lloyds TSB - Protection against fraud loss alleged sender Lloyds reported 21st November 2012

0.54% Sanrander Banking Alert. alleged sender SANTANDER reported 17th November 2012

0.53% Your PayPal account has been limited alleged sender PayPal reported 21st November 2012

0.51% Changes made to your virginmoney account alleged sender Northernrock.co.uk reported 17th November 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	3
PAYPAL	3
LITTLEWOODS	2
TESCO	2
LLOYDS	1
CO-OPERATIVE	1
VODAFONE	1
INTERNET	1
	1
BANKING	1
WELLSFARGO	1
CREDIT	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	6
YOUR	5
SECURITY	3
PAYPAL	3
WELLS	2
BANKING	2
NEW	2
FARGO	2
ONLINE	2
LITTLEWOODS	2
[BULK]	2
INTERFACE!	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
FRANCE	2
TURKEY	1
SOUTH AFRICA	1
CHINA	1
GERMANY	1
SINGAPORE	1
PORTUGAL	1
MALAYSIA	1

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