Weekly analysis - 11th January 2014 to 18th January 2014

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18-Jan-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th January 2014 to 18th 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 11th January 2014 to 18th January 2014


During the week we reported a total of 20 phishing scams

13 or 65% 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% YOUR RBS CREDIT CARD alleged sender RBS reported 12th January 2014

0.42% Update your@bt alleged sender billing services reported 12th January 2014

0.41% Important Account Update From Look Again UK. alleged sender Look Again reported 12th January 2014

0.41% Important Notice ! alleged sender PayPal reported 13th January 2014

0.39% ACCOUNT INFO CHANGES alleged sender Apple reported 14th January 2014

0.37% NatWest Card Important Maintenance. alleged sender NatWest ; reported 16th January 2014

0.36% Account Schedule Maintenance alleged sender Royal Bank of Scotland reported 15th January 2014

0.35% Job Post: Customer Service Representatives alleged sender Career reported 14th January 2014

0.35% Important Information About Your Service-Mail Update alleged sender eBilling@bt.com reported 15th January 2014

0.35% Important Update ! alleged sender Lloyds reported 14th January 2014

0.34% CUSTOMER INFO alleged sender PayPal reported 10th January 2014

0.34% HMRC Notification - Tax refund (HM Revenue FONT-SIZE: 10pt">After the last annual calculations of your fiscal alleged sender Vodafone reported 15th January 2014

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NATWEST	3
BARCLAYS	2
BANK	2
PAYPAL	2
PAY	1
EBILLING@BT.COM	1
PAL	1
CARDS	1
GOOGLE	1
DRIVE	1
PLC	1
EBAY	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
IMPORTANT	6
ACCOUNT	5
YOUR	5
CARD	4
UPDATE	4
ONLINE	3
REFUND	2
SCHEDULE	2
CUSTOMER	2
NATWEST	2
MAINTENANCE	2
CREDIT	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	10
BRAZIL	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
SINGAPORE	1
MALAYSIA	1
COSTA RICA	1
SLOVENIA	1
GERMANY	1
SPAIN	1

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