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Weekly analysis - 15th December 2012 to 22nd December 2012

Weekly analysis - 15th December 2012 to 22nd December 2012


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22-Dec-2012

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 15th December 2012 to 22nd 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 15th December 2012 to 22nd December 2012


During the week we reported a total of 17 phishing scams

6 or 35% 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)

  • 0.3% WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER MTCN: 5904370136 alleged sender Western Union reported 17th December 2012

  • 0.3% New message into your Secure Message Center. alleged sender Cahoot reported 11th October 2011

  • 0.27% Your End Of The Year Account Status ! alleged sender ASB Bank Limited reported 17th December 2012

  • 0.25% Online Access Has Been Suspended alleged sender PayPal reported 17th December 2012

  • 0.25% RBS - Activate Your Online Access. alleged sender The Royal Bank of Scotland reported 11th July 2012

  • 0.23% New Email from Chase Online (SM)! alleged sender Chase reported 17th December 2012

  • 0.23% Your account suspended ! alleged sender Service reported 16th December 2012

  • 0.23% Please sign in your USAA account, verify and update your profile immediately alleged sender USAA reported 23rd December 2005

  • 0.22% Lloyds TSB Alert: Online Banking Suspended. alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank reported 7th August 2008

  • 0.21% Alert: Unread message alleged sender SECUREMESSAGE.SYSTEM reported 21st December 2012

  • 0.21% Pharmacy online international alleged sender CANADIAN PHARM reported 29th November 2012

  • 0.19% Account Alert. alleged sender Nationwide Bank reported 19th December 2012

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

    Keyword Frequency
    BANK 5
    PAYPAL 3
    INTERNET 2
    YORKSHIRE 2
    HALIFAX 2
    SECUREMESSAGE.SYSTEM 1
    ACCOUNT 1
    LITTLEWOOD 1
    STRONG 1
    HELGASON 1
    COLUMBAN 1
    MOU 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    ACCOUNT 7
    YOUR 6
    MESSAGE 2
    ONLINE 2
    NEW 2
    2
    ACCESS 2
    BANKING 2
    SUSPENDED 2
    ALERT: 1
    RESTORE 1
    UNREAD 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 14
    IRELAND 2
    CHINA 1

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