Weekly analysis - 23rd August 2014 to 30th August 2014

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30-Aug-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 23rd August 2014 to 30th August 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 23rd August 2014 to 30th August 2014

During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

11 or 85% 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)

0.67% YOUR ACCOUNT IS TEMPORARILY LIMITED alleged sender Barclays reported 24th August 2014

0.66% Your Account Is Temporarily Limited alleged sender Barclays reported 23rd August 2014

0.65% Account Limited alleged sender Lloyds reported 24th August 2014

0.58% Halifax Security Notice. alleged sender Halifax Online reported 22nd August 2014

0.56% Validate your account information alleged sender Apple reported 22nd August 2014

0.52% You Have An Incoming Payment! alleged sender Halifax Online Banking reported 22nd August 2014

0.52% You have a new message. 208.43.198.157 alleged sender paypal reported 1st August 2011

0.5% Temporarely Blocked Account alleged sender PayPal reported 22nd August 2014

0.49% [Apple] Check your information REF:56452214-IOS alleged sender Support reported 26th August 2014

0.48% JOB OPPORTUNITY ( BARE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY ) alleged sender Bare reported 15th August 2014

0.48% YOU APPLE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED alleged sender Apple reported 13th August 2014

0.48% =?UTF-8?Q?Your_account_will_be_locked_within_=32=34_hours=2e?= alleged sender =?UTF-8?Q?PayPal?= reported 6th August 2014

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

Keyword Frequency

PAYPAL 2
ATM 2
CARD 2
APPLE 2
NETFLIX 1
іTUNES 1
STоRE 1
HSBC 1
BARCLAYS 1
SUPPORT 1
SERVICE✔ 1

LLOYDS 1

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

Keyword Frequency

YOUR 9
ACCOUNT 6
LIMITED 3
ARRIVAL. 2
YOU 2
PAYMENT 2
NEW 2
CARD 2
ATM 2
CODE 1
CоMPLеTе 1

ΡLеASе 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 8
FRANCE 1
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 1
MAURITIUS 1
UNITED KINGDOM 1
CANADA 1

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