Weekly analysis - 4th January 2014 to 11th January 2014

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11-Jan-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 4th January 2014 to 11th January 2014

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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 4th January 2014 to 11th January 2014


During the week we reported a total of 19 phishing scams

16 or 84% 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% Account Requires Complete Profile Update alleged sender Citibank reported 20th December 2013

0.44% Υоυr Сibc debѭt саrd հas bеeո tеmρօrarγ suѕpеոԁеd alleged sender CIBC Bank reported 4th January 2014

0.42% WE DETECT AN ERROR WITH YOUR RBS .. NJCMGZNSXI alleged sender The Royal Bank of Scotland reported 6th January 2014

0.39% Your NatWest Card Important Notification alleged sender Natwest reported 8th January 2014

0.39% NEW IMPORTANT MESSAGE ! alleged sender HM Revenue reported 7th January 2014

0.37% We Detect An Error With Your RBS .. EXWMOPGQMN alleged sender The Royal Bank of Scotland plc reported 7th January 2014

0.37% ACCESS TO YOUR ACCOUNTS HAS BEEN BLOCKED alleged sender HSBC Internet reported 6th January 2014

0.36% Online Bank Account Management with Lloyds Bank Plc alleged sender Lloyds Bank Plc reported 7th January 2014

0.36% WE DETECT AN ERROR WITH YOUR RBS .. ZPBQQKKGPT alleged sender The Royal Bank of Scotland reported 6th January 2014

0.34% Үоur aссouոt һаѕ bеeո comprօmisеd ! 438115560 alleged sender CIBC Bank reported 3rd January 2014

0.34% YOUR MINT CREDIT CARD alleged sender Mint reported 7th January 2014

0.34% RBS Credit Card Online Services security details alleged sender RBS reported 8th January 2014

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	9
ROYAL	7
SCOTLAND	7
THE	7
PLC	3
NATWEST	3
EBILLING@BT.COM	1
WORLD	1
AUDITORS	1
PAYPAL	1
RBS	1
LLOYDS	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	12
WITH	8
RBS	8
ERROR	7
DETECT	7
CARD	5
IMPORTANT	4
BANK	3
MESSAGE	2
ONLINE	2
CREDIT	2
NATWEST	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
CANADA	4
BRAZIL	3
GERMANY	1
PORTUGAL	1
KAZAKHSTAN	1
BELGIUM	1
FRANCE	1
CZECH REPUBLIC	1

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