Weekly analysis - 19th January 2013 to 26th January 2013

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26-Jan-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th January 2013 to 26th January 2013

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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 19th January 2013 to 26th January 2013


During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

5 or 50% 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)

0.42% A new picture or video message [Vodafone MMS] alleged sender Vodafone reported 17th January 2013

0.33% Your email account is due for upgrade alleged sender Administrator reported 19th January 2013

0.31% NatWest Online: Please Review Your Online Access alleged sender NatWest reported 23rd January 2013

0.3% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY LIMITED! alleged sender PayPal reported 22nd January 2013

0.29% [SUSPECTED ] Online Access Has Been Suspended alleged sender Microsoft reported 22nd January 2013

0.26% YOUR ONLINE BANKING SESSION SECURE alleged sender Santander Online reported 21st January 2013

0.24% Lloyds TSB Alert: Online Banking Suspended. alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank reported 7th August 2008

0.23% Halifax Alert: Security Checkpoint alleged sender Halifax reported 21st January 2013

0.2% Your online account has been suspended alleged sender littlewood.com reported 17th January 2013

0.19% Your Ebay.com transaction details. alleged sender PayPal reported 24th January 2013

0.19% Please sign in your USAA account, verify and update your profile immediately alleged sender USAA reported 23rd December 2005

0.16% 30%-70% off ➪ Order-#10038975 ➪ alleged sender Columban Helgason a strong mou reported 21st December 2012

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
HALIFAX	2
PAYPAL	2
CO-OPERATIVE	1
SERVICE	1
BANK	1
COMPTE-PAYPAL	1
MEMBER	1
NATWEST	1
SANTANDER	1
ONLINE	1
MICROSOFT	1
	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	5
ONLINE	3
ACCOUNT	2
BEEN	2
ACCESS	2
HAS	2
CO-OPERATIVE	1
BANK	1
UPGRADE	1
PAYPAL	1
COMPTE	1
DETAILS.	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
GERMANY	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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