Weekly analysis - 10th August 2013 to 17th August 2013

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17-Aug-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 10th August 2013 to 17th 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 10th August 2013 to 17th August 2013


During the week we reported a total of 18 phishing scams

12 or 67% 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)

0.18% Suspicious Account Activity alleged sender Barclays Personal reported 11th August 2013

0.18% Nationwide Building Society - Updates alleged sender Nationwide Online reported 11th August 2013

0.14% YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS HAS BEEN LIMITED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON(S): alleged sender PayPal reported 14th August 2013

0.13% ACCOUNT INFORMATION alleged sender Barclays Bank reported 10th August 2013

0.12% MC999 Your eBay account will be suspended alleged sender eBay reported 15th August 2013

0.11% Nationwide Building Society - Account Limitation alleged sender Nationwide reported 15th August 2013

0.11% Security measure alleged sender onlinebanking@lloydstsb.co.uk reported 10th August 2013

0.11% Important information about your service-Mail Update alleged sender BT YAHOO reported 14th August 2013

0.11% *** *** Re-instate Your Account alleged sender Eve reported 12th August 2013

0.11% Suspicious Account Activity alleged sender Barclays Personal reported 13th August 2013

0.11% Your Wells Fargo Online Account Security Notification© alleged sender Wells Fargo Online reported 13th August 2013

0.1% REVIEW YOUR ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION alleged sender Halifax Online reported 13th August 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BARCLAYS	6
PLC	4
BANK	4
PERSONAL	3
ONLINE	3
NATIONWIDE	2
EBAY	1
APPLE	1
MICROSOFT	1
ONE	1
CAPITAL	1
PAYPAL	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	16
YOUR	9
SUSPICIOUS	3
SUSPENDED	3
FOR	3
ACTIVITY	3
LIMITED	2
ONLINE	2
FOLLOWING	2
THE	2
HAS	2
BUILDING	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	3
TURKEY	2
POLAND	1
NETHERLANDS	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF	1
INDIA	1
GERMANY	1

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