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Weekly analysis - 5th October 2013 to 12th October 2013

Weekly analysis - 5th October 2013 to 12th October 2013


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12-Oct-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 5th October 2013 to 12th 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 5th October 2013 to 12th October 2013


During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

8 or 62% 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)

  • 0.45% Halifax Bank: Unconfirmed Payment Notification alleged sender Halifax Bank PLC reported 6th October 2013

  • 0.43% New Security Notice On Your Barclays Account alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC reported 8th October 2013

  • 0.42% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #N:R-1517783-3092809 alleged sender auto-confirm1216@amazon.co.uk reported 28th September 2013

  • 0.42% Annual Reminder to Review Your Social Security Statement alleged sender Eve reported 7th October 2013

  • 0.42% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #NND-4727068-9691852 alleged sender auto-confirm1218@amazon.co.uk reported 30th September 2013

  • 0.41% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #N:A-2408737-4859504 alleged sender auto-confirm1318@amazon.co.uk reported 28th September 2013

  • 0.39% 1 NEW CHASE BANK ACCOUNT ALERT alleged sender Chase reported 8th October 2013

  • 0.39% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #RND-7199393-8735453 alleged sender auto-confirm1218@amazon.co.uk reported 28th September 2013

  • 0.38% Update your account information alleged sender PayPal reported 9th October 2013

  • 0.38% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #NRR-6147155-1778100 alleged sender auto-confirm1117@amazon.co.uk reported 3rd October 2013

  • 0.37% Your PayPal Account Re-Confirmation Alert alleged sender PayPal reported 5th October 2013

  • 0.35% Your NatWest Card Important Notification alleged sender Natwest reported 10th October 2013

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

    Keyword Frequency
    PLC 4
    BANK 4
    CHASE 3
    BARCLAYS 3
    PAYPAL 3
    MORGAN 1
    CO. 1
    YAHOO! 1
    J.P. 1
    NATWEST 1
    HALIFAX 1
    ONLINE 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    ACCOUNT 7
    YOUR 6
    NEW 4
    SECURITY 3
    NOTIFICATION 3
    UPDATE 3
    LIMITED 2
    NOTICE 2
    BARCLAYS 2
    BANK 2
    CHASE 2
    NATWEST 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 6
    POLAND 2
    UNITED KINGDOM 2
    FRANCE 1
    GERMANY 1
    HONG KONG 1

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