Weekly analysis - 7th December 2013 to 14th December 2013

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14-Dec-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 7th December 2013 to 14th December 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 7th December 2013 to 14th December 2013


During the week we reported a total of 14 phishing scams

7 or 50% 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)

0.41% Please confirm your apple acocunt information Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 02:59:01 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 alleged sender APPLE reported 8th December 2013

0.36% YOUR MINT CARD IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION. alleged sender MINT reported 7th December 2013

0.33% VIRGIN MEDIA UPDATE alleged sender Virgin Media Profile Updat reported 7th December 2013

0.3% your Bank of America Billing Information records are out of date. alleged sender Bank of America reported 9th December 2013

0.28% Please Update your Usaa.com Account alleged sender USAA reported 9th December 2013

0.28% YEAR END ONLINE BANKING UPDATE alleged sender Wellsfargo reported 9th December 2013

0.28% Your RBS Card has been blocked alleged sender DigitalBankingService reported 11th December 2013

0.27% ERRORS WERE DETECTED ON YOUR ACCOUNT (FIX NOW) alleged sender Paypal UK reported 9th December 2013

0.26% New e-Document arrived alleged sender Financial Services Authority reported 9th December 2013

0.26% Please Update your Usaa.com Account alleged sender USAA reported 10th December 2013

0.26% ERRORS WERE DETECTED ON YOUR ACCOUNT (FIX NOW) alleged sender Paypal UK reported 7th December 2013

0.24% Free Tesco Vouchers for Christmas. alleged sender Tesco reported 12th December 2013

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	3
HALIFAX	2
USAA	2
NATWEST	1
LLOYDS	1
PLC	1
HSBC	1
BANKING	1
INTERNET	1
WELLSFARGO	1
TESCO	1
PAYPAL	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	9
ACCOUNT	4
PLEASE	3
HAS	3
UPDATE	3
ONLINE	2
NEW	2
BEEN	2
USAA.COM	2
CARD	2
ACCESS	2
BLOCKED	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
NETHERLANDS	2
BRAZIL	2
FRANCE	1
SPAIN	1
HUNGARY	1

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