Weekly analysis - 1st March 2014 to 8th March 2014

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08-Mar-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 1st March 2014 to 8th 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 1st March 2014 to 8th March 2014


During the week we reported a total of 26 phishing scams

21 or 81% 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)

0.59% FINAL WARNING ; YOUR AMERICA ONLINE IS DUE FOR SUSPENSION ! alleged sender Alert@AOL.com reported 6th March 2014

0.36% Your account has been placed on restricted status alleged sender Barclays reported 2nd March 2014

0.36% This is an important Barclays bank security Message alleged sender Barclays Bank PLC reported 2nd March 2014

0.36% Access to Online Banking Service ! alleged sender NatWest reported 3rd March 2014

0.34% Online Access Suspended alleged sender Barclays reported 2nd March 2014

0.34% YOUR MBNA CREDIT CARD STATEMENT alleged sender MBNA credit reported 3rd March 2014

0.33% IMPORTANT UPDATE ! alleged sender Lloyds Bank UK reported 4th March 2014

0.33% Important information about your BT account (Cell 14) alleged sender ebilling@bt.com reported 4th March 2014

0.32% ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY DISABLED alleged sender Service reported 3rd March 2014

0.32% Your account safety. alleged sender ebilling@bt.com reported 1st March 2014

0.31% Important changes to your BT email terms alleged sender bt.comteam@bt.com reported 4th March 2014

0.3% Note Update! alleged sender Verify Update! reported 2nd March 2014

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BARCLAYS	6
BANK	5
PLC	4
NATWEST	3
SERVICE	2
DAILY	1
DOCUMENT	1
SECURED	1
PAY	1
GOOGLE	1
VERIZON	1
ROYALBANKOFSCOTLAND@RBS.COM	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
IMPORTANT	10
YOUR	9
ACCOUNT	9
ONLINE	5
ABOUT	5
INFORMATION	4
MESSAGE	3
UPDATE	3
SUSPENDED	3
ACCESS	3
HAS	3
BANK	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	11
NETHERLANDS	2
ITALY	2
UNITED KINGDOM	2
TURKEY	1
GERMANY	1
HUNGARY	1
INDONESIA	1
SOUTH AFRICA	1
BRAZIL	1
POLAND	1
FRANCE	1

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