Weekly analysis - 8th December 2012 to 15th December 2012

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15-Dec-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 8th December 2012 to 15th 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 8th December 2012 to 15th December 2012

During the week we reported a total of 14 phishing scams

9 or 64% 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)

0.98% =?utf-8?q?Your_Wells_Fargo_Online_Account_Security_Notification=C2=A9?= alleged sender Wells Fargo Online reported 8th December 2012

0.83% Your email account has been blocked alleged sender AOL reported 9th December 2012

0.82% Еnjoy Lіfе Αgain wіth Мobіlitу Solutions from Hovеround alleged sender НOVеROUND reported 9th December 2012

0.81% Account Verification alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 9th December 2012

0.79% Your Littlewoods Account Maintenance. alleged sender Littlewoods Uk reported 8th December 2012

0.79% Restore Access To Your Account. alleged sender Smile reported 8th December 2012

0.79% Protect Your Co-operative Bank Account [Scanned] alleged sender Co-operative Bank Plc reported 9th December 2012

0.77% Attn: Valued Customer, alleged sender Western Union reported 7th December 2012

0.64% Walk-In Bathtubs: Ease Of Use, Peace Of Mind alleged sender PREMIER CARE IN BATHING reported 7th December 2012

0.63% Account Alert alleged sender Tesco Credit Card reported 7th December 2012

0.6% BLACK FRIDAY FOREVER: Apple iPads for $24.96? Learn How Now! alleged sender QUIBIDS reported 10th December 2012

0.57% Your Account Need To Be Upgraded alleged sender Tesco reported 7th December 2012

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

Keyword Frequency

BANK 4
HALIFAX 3
PERSONAL 1
TESCO 1
1
FINANCE 1
VISA 1
PAYPAL 1
ALERTS 1
LITTLEWOODS 1
1

PLC 1

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 9
YOUR 5
UPDATE 2
HOW 2
ALERT 2
OPERATION 1
INSUFFICIENT 1
NOTIFICATION 1
LEARN 1
NOW! 1
HALIFAX 1

FUNDS 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 8
GERMANY 1
AUSTRALIA 1
THAILAND 1
UNITED KINGDOM 1
BRAZIL 1
ROMANIA 1

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