Weekly analysis - 28th September 2013 to 5th October 2013

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05-Oct-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 28th September 2013 to 5th October 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 28th September 2013 to 5th October 2013


During the week we reported a total of 17 phishing scams

17 or 100% 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)

1.2% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #N:A-2408737-4859504 alleged sender auto-confirm1318@amazon.co.uk reported 28th September 2013

1.12% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #N:R-1517783-3092809 alleged sender auto-confirm1216@amazon.co.uk reported 28th September 2013

1.04% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #RND-7199393-8735453 alleged sender auto-confirm1218@amazon.co.uk reported 28th September 2013

0.83% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #NND-4727068-9691852 alleged sender auto-confirm1218@amazon.co.uk reported 30th September 2013

0.7% Your Order with Amazon.com alleged sender AUTO-CONFIRM@AMAZON.COM reported 8th October 2012

0.38% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #NAD-8519638-3736711 alleged sender auto-confirm1116@amazon.co.uk reported 2nd October 2013

0.37% Assurant Mobile Job Search alleged sender =====DISCOVER HOW YOUR $12 BEC reported 27th September 2013

0.33% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #7N:-0644934-8103229 alleged sender auto-confirm1318@amazon.co.uk reported 2nd October 2013

0.29% Your Order with Amazon.com (034-4716737-637747) alleged sender AUTO-CONFIRM@AMAZON.COM reported 4th March 2010

0.28% Internet Banking : View Balances & Account Activity alleged sender Lloyds Bank Online reported 29th September 2013

0.25% [!! ] Please Confirm Your Account Information alleged sender Amazon reported 1st October 2013

0.25% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #NRR-6147155-1778100 alleged sender auto-confirm1117@amazon.co.uk reported 3rd October 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	3
ONLINE	2
LLOYDS	2
NATWEST	2
BANK	2
AUTO-CONFIRM1116@AMAZON.CO.UK	1
AUTO-CONFIRM1318@AMAZON.CO.UK	1
APPLE	1
AMAZON	1
CREDIT	1
CARDS	1
	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	11
ACCOUNT	7
ORDER	4
AMAZON.CO.UK	4
SECURITY	3
PAYPAL	3
ONLINE	3
ACTIVITY	2
UPDATE	2
BANKING	2
#NRR-6147155-1778100	1
APPLE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
IRELAND	4
NORWAY	1
SLOVAKIA	1
CANADA	1
INDONESIA	1
POLAND	1

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