Weekly analysis - 17th August 2013 to 24th August 2013

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24-Aug-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 17th August 2013 to 24th 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 17th August 2013 to 24th August 2013


During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

9 or 69% 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)

0.5% YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS HAS BEEN LIMITED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON(S): alleged sender Microsoft reported 17th August 2013

0.5% ALERT:PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR APPLE ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS alleged sender Apple reported 16th August 2013

0.44% Online Account alleged sender Capital One reported 17th August 2013

0.44% VERIFY THE FUNDS THAT WAS TRANSFERRED ON YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender LloydsTSB Bank reported 19th August 2013

0.44% Email Account Update Reminder alleged sender Webmaster reported 19th August 2013

0.4% Suspicious Account Activity alleged sender Barclays Personal reported 19th August 2013

0.39% YOUR ACCOUNT ACCESS HAS BEEN LIMITED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON(S): alleged sender PayPal reported 14th August 2013

0.38% Halifax - Online Banking - Home alleged sender Halifax reported 17th November 2011

0.38% YOUR ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CREDITED IN YOUR FAVOR. alleged sender Yahoo.com reported 8th August 2013

0.38% ACCOUNT REVIEW NOTICE. alleged sender Barclays Personal Banking reported 19th August 2013

0.37% Suspicious Account Activity alleged sender Barclays Personal reported 20th August 2013

0.36% Security measure alleged sender onlinebanking@lloydstsb.co.uk reported 10th August 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	4
BARCLAYS	4
TSB	3
PERSONAL	3
LLOYDS	2
	1
AMERICA	1
LLODYS	1
APPLE	1
PAYPAL	1
BANKING	1
LLOYDSTSB	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	7
YOUR	4
ONLINE	3
ACTIVITY	3
ACCESS	2
SUSPICIOUS	2
UPDATE	2
CONFIRM	1
ALERT:PLEASE	1
CARD	1
MBNA	1
SERVICES	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
INDIA	2
GERMANY	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
BRAZIL	1
POLAND	1

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