Weekly analysis - 1st November 2014 to 8th November 2014

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08-Nov-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 1st November 2014 to 8th November 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 1st November 2014 to 8th November 2014

During the week we reported a total of 5 phishing scams

4 or 80% 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)

0.88% Guillermo Kuri shared an item with you on (Google drive) alleged sender Guillermo Kuri reported 3rd November 2014

0.81% You have a new message. 208.43.198.157 alleged sender paypal reported 1st August 2011

0.77% Halifax Online Banking SecureForm alleged sender Halifax Bank UK reported 2nd November 2014

0.75% YOUR ACCOUNT DEMANDS FOR VERIFICATION alleged sender Barclays reported 3rd November 2014

0.73% PAYPAL CUSTOMER MESSAGE CENTER -- PROFILE UPDATE ALERT! alleged sender © PayPal reported 4th November 2014

0.68% YOU MUST UPDATE YOUR APPLE ACCOUNT alleged sender Apple lnc reported 1st November 2014

0.56% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED ! alleged sender Paypal Inc. reported 1st November 2014

0.52% Your Account Will Be Limited! alleged sender Paypal Services reported 1st November 2014

0.39% YOUR AOL PAYMENT WAS DECLINED alleged sender AOL reported 24th October 2014

0.38% YOUR ACCOUNT PAYPAL WAS TEMPORARILY LOCKED ! alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd October 2014

0.37% Ronald J Thomas, Personal message on Google! alleged sender AutomationGoogleSupport reported 27th October 2014

0.36% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

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

Keyword Frequency

BARCLAYS 1
PAYPAL 1
AMAZON.COM.AU 1
1
KURI 1
BANK 1
GUILLERMO 1
HALIFAX 1

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

Keyword Frequency

ACCOUNT 2
YOUR 2
CUSTOMER 1
MESSAGE 1
PAYPAL 1
VERIFICATION 1
FOR 1
CENTER 1
PROFILE 1
AMAZON.COM.AU 1
REVISION 1

ALERT! 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 3
FRANCE 1

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