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Weekly analysis - 12th October 2013 to 19th October 2013

Weekly analysis - 12th October 2013 to 19th October 2013


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19-Oct-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 12th October 2013 to 19th 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 12th October 2013 to 19th October 2013


During the week we reported a total of 9 phishing scams

8 or 89% 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)

  • 0.6% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED alleged sender Barclays Online Banking reported 14th October 2013

  • 0.59% 1 NEW CHASE BANK UPDATE alleged sender Chase Online reported 14th October 2013

  • 0.58% ACCOUNT SUSPENDED ! alleged sender Barclays Bank Plc reported 16th October 2013

  • 0.56% Your are locked out of NatWest Online Banking alleged sender NatWest - Management Team reported 13th October 2013

  • 0.51% ONLINE BANKING : VIEW BALANCES charset=iso-8859-1"> alleged sender NatWest - Online Banking reported 13th October 2013

  • 0.42% Service Information alleged sender National reported 13th October 2013

  • 0.39% Your account has been suspended alleged sender Barclays Online Banking reported 13th October 2013

  • 0.36% E-mail Update alleged sender BT Yahoo! reported 12th October 2013

  • 0.32% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #7N:-0644934-8103229 alleged sender auto-confirm1318@amazon.co.uk reported 2nd October 2013

  • 0.32% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #N:A-2408737-4859504 alleged sender auto-confirm1318@amazon.co.uk reported 28th September 2013

  • 0.28% ONE NEW MESSAGE alleged sender Barclays reported 18th October 2013

  • 0.27% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #N:R-1517783-3092809 alleged sender auto-confirm1216@amazon.co.uk reported 28th September 2013

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

    Keyword Frequency
    ONLINE 4
    BARCLAYS 4
    BANKING 3
    NATWEST 3
    BANK 1
    PLC 1
    CHASE 1
    NATIONAL 1
    MANAGEMENT 1
    TEAM 1
    Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

    Keyword Frequency
    YOUR 3
    ACCOUNT 3
    SUSPENDED 3
    ONLINE 3
    BANKING 3
    NEW 2
    BEEN 2
    HAS 2
    NATWEST 2
    CHASE 1
    SECURITY 1
    BANK 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 4
    DENMARK 1
    CYPRUS 1
    TURKEY 1
    CHINA 1
    CANADA 1

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