Weekly analysis - 5th April 2014 to 12th April 2014

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12-Apr-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 5th April 2014 to 12th April 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 5th April 2014 to 12th April 2014


During the week we reported a total of 63 phishing scams

41 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)

0.55% PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION alleged sender PayPal reported 7th April 2014

0.44% HALIFAX BILLS MINIMUM PAYMENT IS DUE alleged sender HALIFAX BANK UK reported 8th April 2014

0.44% ACCESS TO ONLINE BANKING SERVICE alleged sender NatWest reported 8th April 2014

0.41% CUSTOMERSERVICE@NATWESTSECURE.COM alleged sender NatWest Bank PLC reported 7th April 2014

0.39% PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender Apple reported 9th April 2014

0.37% Congratulations! jmcrews@aol.com CITIBank approval notice alleged sender Congratulations-CITIBank Accep reported 7th April 2014

0.37% UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender PayPal reported 6th April 2014

0.37% UPDATES AND CONFIRMATION TO YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Natwest reported 6th April 2014

0.36% UPDATE AND VERIFY YOUR ONLINE BILLING alleged sender LLOYDS reported 9th April 2014

0.35% YOUR QUESTION FROM AN EBAY MEMBER alleged sender eBay reported 9th April 2014

0.35% For security purposes, your online account has been locked. alleged sender Microsoft reported 9th April 2014

0.35% RBS Credit Card Online Services Review alleged sender RBS Card reported 8th April 2014

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NATWEST	13
BANK	12
BARCLAYS	7
PAYPAL	7
PLC	7
HALIFAX	5
CARD	4
CREDIT	3
APPLE	3
LLOYDS	3
EBAY	2
NATIONAL	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	30
ACCOUNT	16
ONLINE	14
FROM	8
SECURITY	8
BANK	7
UPDATE	7
CARD	7
BANKING	6
INFORMATION	6
NATWEST	6
ACCESS	6

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	32
UNITED KINGDOM	5
VIET NAM	3
TURKEY	2
GERMANY	2
BELGIUM	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
UKRAINE	2
POLAND	2
ROMANIA	1
SINGAPORE	1
THAILAND	1

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