Weekly analysis - 9th March 2013 to 16th March 2013

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16-Mar-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th March 2013 to 16th March 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 9th March 2013 to 16th March 2013


During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

6 or 46% 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)

0.47% YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CHANGED YOUR WESTERNUNION PROFILE. alleged sender Westernunion reported 8th November 2012

0.38% You Have A New Message alleged sender O2 reported 10th March 2013

0.35% NetCode Security Notification! alleged sender Commonwealth Bank of Australia reported 11th March 2013

0.31% Citibank Notification alleged sender Citibank Client reported 12th March 2013

0.28% ACCOUNT UPDATE NOTIFICATION alleged sender Natwest reported 10th March 2013

0.26% Online Banking Security Update alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 10th March 2013

0.2% Update your PayPal account SSL 2013 alleged sender PayPal reported 9th March 2013

0.18% YOUR SECURE PAYMENT INVOICE FOR EBAY ITEM #120607740119, MAZDA BONGO 2.5 TD 2WD AFT FULLY CONVERTED-MANY EXTRAS alleged sender eBay reported 18th August 2010

0.18% IMPORTANT - Regarding Your NatWest ... alleged sender NatWest Online reported 9th March 2013

0.16% FIRST DIRECT BANK_ ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT! alleged sender First Direct reported 14th March 2013

0.16% First Direct Bank_ Account Management alleged sender First Direct reported 14th March 2013

0.15% YOUR FUND WITH THE WESTERN UNION alleged sender WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER reported 8th March 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
DIRECT	2
NATWEST	2
FIRST	2
BANK	2
CAREERBUILDER.COM	1
KENNEDY	1
ONLINE	1
PAYPAL	1
AMERICA	1
	1
JOHNSON	1
BANKING	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	4
SECURITY	3
DIRECT	2
FIRST	2
BANK_	2
YOUR	2
ONLINE	2
LOGIN	2
NOTIFICATION	2
UPDATE	2
NATWEST	1
UPGRADE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
ANGOLA	1
POLAND	1
NETHERLANDS	1
MACAO	1
MALAYSIA	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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