Weekly analysis - 23rd November 2013 to 30th November 2013

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30-Nov-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 23rd November 2013 to 30th 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 23rd November 2013 to 30th November 2013


During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

7 or 70% 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)

0.33% NatWest Credit Card Online Services Review alleged sender Natwest reported 24th November 2013

0.24% *Email Alert* Resolve Your Account alleged sender NatWest Card Services reported 6th November 2013

0.24% Access To Your Account Is Currently Unavailable alleged sender Natwest Bank Plc reported 27th November 2013

0.23% YOUR ACCESS TO ONLINE BANKING HAS BEEN SUSPENDED alleged sender Barclays reported 27th November 2013

0.23% Important Password Reset Information alleged sender Adobe Customer Care reported 24th November 2013

0.22% Your account access has been limited alleged sender service@paypal.co.uk reported 24th November 2013

0.21% USAA Account Summary Update Alert!! alleged sender United Services Automobile Ass reported 25th November 2013

0.19% 2 UNREAD SECURED ALERT alleged sender National Westminster Bank reported 23rd November 2013

0.19% Notification of changes to your MINT terms and conditions alleged sender Mint reported 24th November 2013

0.18% Your account has been limited until we hear from you PP-503-472-F29 alleged sender PayPal reported 22nd November 2013

0.17% A new document has arrived in Online Banking. alleged sender Santander Online reported 11th February 2012

0.16% Setup Account Alert alleged sender Santander - Online Banking reported 23rd November 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NATWEST	3
SER	1
ONLINE	1
CARD	1
CREDIT	1
PAYPAL	1
BARCLAYS	1
PROFILE	1
MEDIA	1
VIRGIN	1
UPDAT	1
BANK	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	5
ACCOUNT	4
HAS	3
BEEN	3
ACCESS	3
LIMITED	2
UPDATE	2
ONLINE	2
CURRENTLY	1
SUMMARY	1
ALERT!!	1
UNAVAILABLE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
NETHERLANDS	1
CHINA	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
SWITZERLAND	1

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