Weekly analysis - 11th October 2014 to 18th October 2014

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18-Oct-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th October 2014 to 18th 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 11th October 2014 to 18th October 2014


During the week we reported a total of 17 phishing scams

14 or 82% 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)

0.76% Bank of Oklahoma Security Notice ID #100521 - Identity Confirmation Request alleged sender Bank Of Oklahoma reported 1st May 2005

0.69% UPDATE INFO alleged sender Paypal Customer Service reported 12th October 2014

0.67% Suspicious Activity on Your Paypal Account alleged sender PayPal reported 11th October 2014

0.65% [Team Paypal] : Update your Paypal account ! ✔ alleged sender PayPal Security reported 13th October 2014

0.65% JOB ID: VCUK/UK/VICL/805-0014/015 alleged sender VISA reported 10th October 2014

0.63% ACCOUNT REVIEW NOTIFICATION alleged sender Barclays Bank Plc reported 13th October 2014

0.62% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

0.62% Notice of changes to the PayPal User Agreement alleged sender PayPal reported 13th October 2014

0.61% LLOYDS BANK IMPORTANT NOTICE :- alleged sender Lloyds Bank. reported 11th October 2014

0.6% Your Account Has Been Limited alleged sender PayPal reported 11th October 2014

0.59% New Payment To Skype ! alleged sender Skype reported 14th October 2014

0.59% Customer Account activation alleged sender DIATOM RETAIL reported 14th October 2014

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	7
SERVICE	2
CUSTOMER	2
PAYPAL.INC	1
FACEBOOKSERVICE	1
SANTANDER	1
E-BANKING	1
HALIFAX	1
HELP.COMMS@BT.COM	1
SKYPE	1
BARCLAYS	1
SECURITY	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	9
YOUR	8
PAYPAL	4
UPDATE	4
YOU	2
REVIEW	2
SECURITY	2
INFO	2
RESOLVE	1
FROM	1
YOU.	1
HEAR	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	12
BRAZIL	2
FRANCE	1
NETHERLANDS	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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