Weekly analysis - 4th October 2014 to 11th October 2014

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11-Oct-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 4th October 2014 to 11th October 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 4th October 2014 to 11th October 2014

During the week we reported a total of 16 phishing scams

13 or 81% 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% New Message Regarding Your Account alleged sender Capital One reported 4th October 2014

0.61% Security Measure alleged sender PayPal reported 6th October 2014

0.56% Halifax Online Banking SecureForm. alleged sender Halifax UK reported 6th October 2014

0.56% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS LIMITATION! YOU CAN RESOLVE THIS NOW.? alleged sender Paypal.Inc reported 4th October 2014

0.54% [PAYPAL] : UPDATE YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT ! ✔ alleged sender PayPal reported 4th October 2014

0.53% FW: Case - 6393394696 alleged sender Dun & BradStreet reported 6th October 2014

0.5% PAYPAL : UPDATE YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT ! ✔ alleged sender Paypal Help reported 4th October 2014

0.5% NOTICE:UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender Account reported 6th October 2014

0.49% Account Suspended alleged sender PayPal reported 4th October 2014

0.49% YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED ! alleged sender Paypal Inc reported 4th October 2014

0.48% Your Account is Limited ! alleged sender PayPal reported 6th October 2014

0.46% Account Verification alleged sender no-reply@bt.com reported 7th October 2014

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

Keyword Frequency

PAYPAL 4
NATWEST 2
LLOYDS 2
BANK. 2
NO-REPLY@BT.COM 1
CHASE 1
ONE 1
VISA 1
CAPITAL 1
ONLINE 1
CENTE 1

BRADSTREET 1

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 6
YOUR 6
ONLINE 3
NOTICE 2
IMPORTANT 2
LLOYDS 2
BANK 2
LIMITED 2
NATWEST 2
HALIFAX 1
MEASURE 1

BANKING 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 8
UNITED KINGDOM 2
TURKEY 1
HUNGARY 1
CHILE 1
CANADA 1
INDONESIA 1
AUSTRALIA 1

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