Weekly analysis - 12th July 2014 to 19th July 2014

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19-Jul-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 12th July 2014 to 19th July 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 12th July 2014 to 19th July 2014

During the week we reported a total of 19 phishing scams

13 or 68% 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)

0.64% You have a new message. 208.43.198.157 alleged sender paypal reported 1st August 2011

0.45% EXPIRATION OF YOUR BTINTERNET EMAIL ! alleged sender Btinternet reported 13th July 2014

0.45% Pick Up Your First Payment alleged sender WESTERN UNION PAYMENT SERVICE reported 12th July 2014

0.39% NEW MESSAGE FROM HALIFAX CUSTOMER SERVICE. alleged sender Halifax reported 11th July 2014

0.38% Your Paypal Account Will be banned alleged sender PAYPAL INC reported 15th July 2014

0.37% Your account might be de-activated. alleged sender BT reported 15th July 2014

0.36% Important message from Apple itunes ! alleged sender itunes reported 16th July 2014

0.33% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED alleged sender Inc Apple reported 15th July 2014

0.33% DEAR COSTUMERS, YOUR ACCOUNT NEED TO UPDATE alleged sender apple reported 16th July 2014

0.33% RBS - Secure Message. alleged sender RBS reported 16th July 2014

0.32% Account Notification alleged sender HSBC reported 16th July 2014

0.31% Restriction On Your Account ! alleged sender NatWest reported 11th July 2014

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

Keyword Frequency

APPLE 4
PAYPAL 4
BANK 3
HALIFAX 3
NATWEST 2
INC 2
SERVICE 2
MBNA 1
1
HSBC 1
1

BTINTERNET 1

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 11
YOUR 9
BEEN 3
APPLE 3
HAS 3
IMPORTANT 3
HALIFAX 3
PAYPAL 3
FROM 2
MESSAGE 2
NOTICE 2

FROZEN 2

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 12
CANADA 2
ROMANIA 1
JAPAN 1
PORTUGAL 1
ITALY 1

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