Weekly analysis - 8th February 2014 to 15th February 2014

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15-Feb-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 8th February 2014 to 15th February 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 8th February 2014 to 15th February 2014


During the week we reported a total of 17 phishing scams

15 or 88% 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)

0.44% USAA: Validate Your Online Account alleged sender USAA reported 10th February 2014

0.41% YOUR APPLE ID WAS USED TO SIGN IN TO ICLOUD ON AN IPHONE 5 alleged sender Apple reported 12th February 2014

0.38% Natwest Credit Card Security Alert alleged sender Natwest reported 9th February 2014

0.36% ONLINE SECURITY - RECOGNISING charset=utf-8"> New Page 2 alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 9th February 2014

0.36% BARCLAYS - New Payment Notification! alleged sender BARCLAYS reported 11th February 2014

0.36% SECURITY ALERT (SECURE YOUR ONLINE CREDIT CARD ACCESS) alleged sender Natwest Bank Plc reported 10th February 2014

0.35% Account Suspenstion Notification alleged sender Natwest reported 12th February 2014

0.34% SPECIAL REWARD FOR TESCO CUSTOMERS alleged sender Tesco reported 13th February 2014

0.33% Please Update your Discover.com Account alleged sender Discover.com reported 9th February 2014

0.32% YOUR ONLINE BANKING ACCESS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED alleged sender Lloyds Internet Banking reported 8th February 2014

0.32% WE NEED TO UPDATE SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION alleged sender Barclays Bank UK reported 13th February 2014

0.32% You have 1 new message alleged sender NatWest PLC reported 12th February 2014

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BARCLAYS	4
BANK	4
NATWEST	4
PAYPAL	2
PLC	2
APPLE	2
VIRGIN	1
MEDIA	1
USAA	1
LLOYDS	1
DISCOVER.COM	1
TESCO	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	6
ACCOUNT	6
UPDATE	4
NEW	4
SECURITY	3
ONLINE	3
ALERT	2
CREDIT	2
CARD	2
HAS	2
LIMITED	2
BEEN	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	9
UNITED KINGDOM	1
HUNGARY	1
JAPAN	1
INDIA	1
NETHERLANDS	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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