Weekly analysis - 24th November 2012 to 1st December 2012

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01-Dec-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 24th November 2012 to 1st December 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 24th November 2012 to 1st December 2012


During the week we reported a total of 22 phishing scams

16 or 73% 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)

0.75% ACCOUNT STATUS NOTIFICATION alleged sender Lloyds reported 27th November 2012

0.7% Tesco Credit Card : Review Of Credit Limit alleged sender Tesco Credit Card Service reported 27th November 2012

0.7% Internet Banking alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank plc reported 26th November 2012

0.7% Security Message alleged sender PayPal reported 26th November 2012

0.68% Dear Customer alleged sender ANZ reported 26th November 2012

0.68% ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender Halifax reported 27th November 2012

0.68% ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender Halifax reported 26th November 2012

0.68% Security Confirmation alleged sender Sun Trust reported 27th November 2012

0.64% ACCOUNT STATUS NOTIFICATION alleged sender Lloyds reported 28th November 2012

0.62% Unauthorized attempts, limited account. alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank reported 28th November 2012

0.58% TESCO: We Just Launched A New Scheme For Our Credit Card Users. alleged sender TESCO reported 23rd November 2012

0.57% RBS - Activate Your Online Access. alleged sender The Royal Bank of Scotland reported 11th July 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
LLOYDS	4
BANK	3
PAYPAL	2
MAGIC	2
DIABETES	2
TSB	2
HALIFAX	2
JEWELRY	1
CUSTOM	1
PHARM	1
CANADIAN	1
JOHNSON	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NOTIFICATION	4
ACCOUNT	4
ONLINE	4
YOUR	4
CREDIT	3
BANKING	3
REVERSE	2
SECURITY	2
UPDATE	2
STATUS	2
SHINES	1
EVEN	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	13
GERMANY	2
SPAIN	1
ARGENTINA	1
FRANCE	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
AUSTRALIA	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
LUXEMBOURG	1

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