Weekly analysis - 9th November 2013 to 16th November 2013

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16-Nov-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th November 2013 to 16th November 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 9th November 2013 to 16th November 2013


During the week we reported a total of 12 phishing scams

9 or 75% 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)

0.51% *Email Alert* Resolve Your Account alleged sender NatWest Card Services reported 6th November 2013

0.5% Your 2 unread messages will be deleted soon alleged sender Facebook reported 11th November 2013

0.34% YOUR NATWEST CREDIT CARD NOTIFICATION. alleged sender NatWest Card Services reported 11th November 2013

0.29% Nationwide Internet Banking alleged sender Nationwide.co.uk reported 8th November 2013

0.28% IMPORTANT NATWEST CREDIT CARD NOTIFICATION! alleged sender NatWest Bank Online reported 12th November 2013

0.28% Account Reveiw alleged sender National Westminster Bank reported 11th November 2013

0.27% NATWEST BANK NOTICE alleged sender NatWest reported 8th November 2013

0.27% *** *** Account Reveiw alleged sender National Westminster Bank reported 14th November 2013

0.26% Important Password Reset Information alleged sender Adobe Customer Care reported 12th November 2013

0.24% YOUR BARCLAYS ACCOUNT ALERT alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC reported 10th November 2013

0.24% Confirm that you are the account holder alleged sender Customer Service Apple reported 13th November 2013

0.23% Account Update (2013)*******************Last Warning alleged sender Email Team reported 13th November 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	5
NATIONAL	3
WESTMINSTER	3
NATWEST	2
CUSTOMER	2
EMAIL	1
TEAM	1
SERVICE	1
LLOYDS	1
APPLE	1
ONLINE	1
AOL	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	6
REVEIW	3
YOUR	3
CARD	2
IMPORTANT	2
NATWEST	2
CREDIT	2
***	2
CONFIRM	1
THAT	1
SERVICE	1
FROM	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	5
FRANCE	3
TURKEY	2
KENYA	1
ITALY	1

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