Weekly analysis - 27th July 2013 to 3rd August 2013

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03-Aug-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 27th July 2013 to 3rd August 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 27th July 2013 to 3rd August 2013


During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

8 or 80% 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)

0.26% YOUR NATIONWIDE INTERNET BANKING INFORMATION alleged sender Nationwide Internet Bank reported 28th July 2013

0.25% Your Co-operative Bank Account: Suspended! alleged sender Co-operative reported 30th July 2013

0.25% NEW SECURITY SERVICE alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 30th July 2013

0.22% Update Your Email Now alleged sender Administrator Help Desk reported 29th July 2013

0.21% RBS DIGITAL BANKING ACCOUNT PROFILE UPDATE alleged sender The Royal Bank Of Scotland Gro reported 30th July 2013

0.21% Your Account alleged sender Barclays Personal Banking reported 31st July 2013

0.2% Important changes has been made to your account alleged sender Nat-West Group Team reported 27th July 2013

0.19% Important Notice alleged sender Hsbc Bank reported 23rd June 2009

0.19% Verify and Update Your Account alleged sender account services reported 1st August 2013

0.17% Your Bank of America account may have been accessed from an unauthorized computer! alleged sender Bank of America reported 15th November 2009

0.16% Account Alert alleged sender Microsoft reported 27th July 2013

0.13% NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY - ONLINE VERIFICATION alleged sender Nationwide reported 2nd August 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	3
NATIONWIDE	2
APPLE	2
BARCLAYS	1
CO-OPERATIVE	1
PERSONAL	1
ACCOUNT	1
SERVICES	1
GRO	1
BANKING	1
ROYAL	1
ADMINISTRATOR	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	6
ACCOUNT	4
UPDATE	3
APPLE	2
BANKING	2
ONLINE	2
NATIONWIDE	2
SOCIETY	1
VERIFY	1
AND	1
BUILDING	1
ACCESS	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	4
VIET NAM	1
SPAIN	1
SLOVENIA	1
HONG KONG	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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