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

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15-Mar-2014

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


During the week we reported a total of 18 phishing scams

14 or 78% 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)

0.42% New Message From Chase Online (SM) alleged sender Chase Notification (SM) reported 9th March 2014

0.4% YOUR APPLE ID WAS USED TO SIGN IN TO ICLOUD ON AN alleged sender Apple reported 9th March 2014

0.4% [SUSPECTED ] Important Information About Your Service-Mail Update‏ alleged sender bt.comms@bt.com reported 9th March 2014

0.37% ******ALERT MESSAGE FROM ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND****** alleged sender Royalbankofscotland@rbs.com reported 8th March 2014

0.35% Regions - Update Your Online Banking Information alleged sender Regions Banking reported 12th March 2014

0.34% NatWest Upgrade alleged sender NatWest reported 11th March 2014

0.33% Regions Bank Alert: Account Status Update. alleged sender alerts reported 10th March 2014

0.33% [SUSPECTED ] NatWest Upgrade alleged sender NatWest reported 11th March 2014

0.31% Regions - Update Your Online Banking Information alleged sender Regions reported 11th March 2014

0.3% Re-activate Your Visa Card Information alleged sender VISA reported 13th March 2014

0.25% ACCESS TO ONLINE BANKING SERVICE ! alleged sender NatWest reported 7th March 2014

0.24% Important Information About Your Service-Mail Update alleged sender ebilling@bt.com reported 13th March 2014

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BARCLAYS	3
NATWEST	2
BT.COMMS@BT.COM	2
REGIONS	2
PAYPAL	2
YAHOO!	1
APPLE	1
MAIL	1
INC	1
BANK	1
VISA	1
CARD	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	13
INFORMATION	6
ONLINE	4
ACCOUNT	3
UPDATE	3
[SUSPECTED	3
SERVICE-MAIL	3
ABOUT	3
REGIONS	3
IMPORTANT	3
BANKING	2
VERIFY	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	11
SOUTH AFRICA	2
NETHERLANDS	2
UNITED KINGDOM	1
ARGENTINA	1
FRANCE	1

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