Weekly analysis - 14th December 2013 to 21st December 2013

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21-Dec-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 14th December 2013 to 21st 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 14th December 2013 to 21st December 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)

0.49% SECURITY PRECAUTION alleged sender RBS reported 15th December 2013

0.48% MINT VERIFICATION PROCESS alleged sender MINT Card reported 17th December 2013

0.47% ACCOUNT SECURITY VALIDATION HAS EXPIRED alleged sender Digital Banking reported 16th December 2013

0.44% Important RBS Credit Card Notification alleged sender RBS reported 17th December 2013

0.43% Errors Were Detected On Your Account (fix now). alleged sender Paypal UK reported 16th December 2013

0.39% ACCESS TO YOUR ACCOUNTS HAS BEEN BLOCKED alleged sender HSBC Internet Banking reported 14th December 2013

0.37% Your NatWest card was used at an ATM located in North Korea alleged sender NatWest Bank Plc reported 14th December 2013

0.28% 1 UNREAD MESSAGE FROM NATWEST ! alleged sender Natwest reported 19th December 2013

0.26% NATWEST CARD - MINIMUM PAYMENT IS DUE alleged sender NatWest Credit Card reported 19th December 2013

0.26% Account Requires Complete Profile Update alleged sender Citibank reported 20th December 2013

0.22% Access to Online Banking Service! alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 12th December 2013

0.2% 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
RBS	2
CARD	2
DISCOVER.COM	2
NATWEST	2
VANCE	1
MERCURY	1
BANK	1
HSBC	1
MR.	1
CREDIT	1
PAYPAL	1
DIGITAL	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	6
YOUR	3
UPDATE	3
NATWEST	2
SECURITY	2
CARD	2
PLEASE	2
PROFILE	1
COMPLETE	1
:FREE:	1
PAYMENT	1
DUE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
INDONESIA	1
MALAYSIA	1
ARGENTINA	1
SPAIN	1
FRANCE	1
POLAND	1

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