Weekly analysis - 19th July 2014 to 26th July 2014

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26-Jul-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th July 2014 to 26th 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 19th July 2014 to 26th July 2014

During the week we reported a total of 11 phishing scams

10 or 91% 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)

0.79% This is the last chance to update your paypal account information ! alleged sender PayPal reported 21st July 2014

0.75% eBay Customer Support made a decision alleged sender eBay reported 21st July 2014

0.75% MBNA - Refund Stated In Your Account alleged sender MBNA reported 19th July 2014

0.73% Account Alert: Please Read alleged sender Microsoft reported 22nd July 2014

0.73% You Must Confirm Your Amazon Account Before We Close it alleged sender AMAZON reported 20th July 2014

0.73% CONFIRM YOUR APPLE ACCOUNT EMAIL alleged sender apple reported 19th July 2014

0.7% PLEASE UPDATE YOU APPLE ID alleged sender Apple reported 19th July 2014

0.66% Your Account PayPal Has Been Frozen alleged sender paypal service reported 19th July 2014

0.63% IMPORTANT NATWEST NOTIFICATION alleged sender Natwest reported 18th July 2014

0.61% New payment status updated. alleged sender PayPal reported 18th July 2014

0.6% IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM HALIFAX BANK CUSTOMER SERVICE alleged sender Halifax reported 17th July 2014

0.6% your apple account has been limited ! alleged sender apple reported 23rd July 2014

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

Keyword Frequency

APPLE 3
PAYPAL 2
INC. 1
NATIONWIDE 1
1
MBNA 1
NATIONAL 1
EBAY 1
MICROSOFT 1
AMAZON 1

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 7
YOUR 5
APPLE 2
INFORMATION 2
UPDATE 2
LIMITED 2
HAS 1
[ITUNES] 1
REQUIRED. 1
URGENT 1
NATWEST 1

BEEN 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 5
ROMANIA 2
CHILE 1
SOUTH AFRICA 1
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH 1
INDONESIA 1

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