Weekly analysis - 22nd February 2014 to 1st March 2014

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01-Mar-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 22nd February 2014 to 1st March 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 22nd February 2014 to 1st March 2014


During the week we reported a total of 12 phishing scams

8 or 67% 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% SECURITY ALERT (SECURE YOUR ONLINE CREDIT CARD ACCESS) alleged sender Natwest Bank Plc reported 23rd February 2014

0.38% We Are Switching BT BROADBAND 2014 alleged sender ebilling@bt.com reported 24th February 2014

0.34% Regions Bank Alert: Contact Details Changed alleged sender alerts reported 24th February 2014

0.29% PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender Western Union reported 23rd February 2014

0.28% Access to Online Banking Service alleged sender NatWest reported 27th February 2014

0.28% Regions Bank Alert: Account Activities Alert alleged sender alerts reported 26th February 2014

0.28% Important Information About Your Service-Mail Update alleged sender ebilling@bt.com reported 26th February 2014

0.27% NatWest Secure Password Reset Confirmation alleged sender NatWest Card reported 27th February 2014

0.25% RE: ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS......... alleged sender Google Doc no-reply@googlemail reported 27th February 2014

0.25% ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY DISABLED alleged sender Service reported 26th February 2014

0.24% FRIENDLY REMINDER: PAYMENT AND UPDATED INFO NEEDED alleged sender eBay Collections reported 22nd February 2014

0.2% You have a new message. 208.43.198.157 alleged sender paypal reported 1st August 2011

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NATWEST	4
EBILLING@BT.COM	3
ALERTS	2
GOOGLE	1
DOC	1
NO-REPLY@GOOGLEMAIL	1
CARD	1
SERVICE	1
PLC	1
WESTERN	1
UNION	1
BANK	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	5
ACCOUNT	4
INFORMATION	3
ALERT:	2
ABOUT	2
IMPORTANT	2
REGIONS	2
BANK	2
ONLINE	2
ALERT	2
UPDATE	2
NATWEST	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	5
FRANCE	2
TURKEY	2
NETHERLANDS	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
BELGIUM	1

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