Weekly analysis - 8th November 2014 to 15th November 2014

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15-Nov-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 8th November 2014 to 15th 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 8th November 2014 to 15th November 2014

During the week we reported a total of 11 phishing scams

11 or 100% 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% Verify your Apple ID. alleged sender Apple reported 10th November 2014

0.75% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT WAS LIMITED alleged sender PayPal reported 10th November 2014

0.69% Your Halifax Account |Suspicious Activity Detected| alleged sender Halifax reported 10th November 2014

0.68% Revision to Your Amazon.com.au Account alleged sender AMAZON.COM.AU reported 8th November 2014

0.64% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED alleged sender Apple Inc reported 11th November 2014

0.61% You have a new message. 208.43.198.157 alleged sender paypal reported 1st August 2011

0.6% YOU MUST CONFIRM YOUR AMAZON ACCOUNT BEFORE WE CLOSE IT ! alleged sender Amazon reported 11th November 2014

0.59% Your Halifax Account |Suspicious Activity Detected| alleged sender Halifax reported 11th November 2014

0.5% APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF INCOME AUDITOR,ACCOUNT RECIEVABLE,ACCOUNTANT,ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. alleged sender Eve reported 13th November 2014

0.47% *** CACTUS *** Your account access is limited alleged sender PayPal reported 12th November 2014

0.47% PAYPAL CUSTOMER MESSAGE CENTER -- PROFILE UPDATE ALERT! alleged sender © PayPal reported 4th November 2014

0.43% IMPORTANT : WE NOTICED AN UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT alleged sender Customer service reported 13th November 2014

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	3
APPLE	2
HALIFAX	2
VERIFIED	1
VISA	1
EVE	1
AMAZON	1
INC	1
CUSTOMER	1
SERVICE	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	10
ACCOUNT	8
LIMITED	3
ACTIVITY	3
DETECTED\|	2
YOU	2
***	2
\|SUSPICIOUS	2
PAYPAL	2
HALIFAX	2
FOR	1
THE	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	9
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
GERMANY	1

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