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Weekly analysis - 24th January 2015 to 31st January 2015

Weekly analysis - 24th January 2015 to 31st January 2015


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31-Jan-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 24th January 2015 to 31st January 2015

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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 24th January 2015 to 31st January 2015


During the week we reported a total of 150 phishing scams

94 or 63% 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)

  • 0.57% IMPORTANT: WE NOTICED UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT (REF #PP-004-621-793-329) ! alleged sender PayPal reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.5% You have a limited number of unsuccessful logon entries and your online account was locked! alleged sender Nationwide Internet Banking reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.47% URGENT MESSAGE - YOU NEED TO UPGRADE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW !! alleged sender BT Yahoo! reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.43% CHECK YOUR RECENT ACTIVITY BY LOGGING IN [PAYPAL] ✔ alleged sender PayPal reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.42% Introducing Santander Security OTP alleged sender Santander UK reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.42% DARREN.M.BROWN@NTLWORLD.COM, YOUR ACCOUNT SERVICE INFORMATION alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.42% PAYPAL |SECURITY TEAM :YOUR ACCOUNT PAYPAL HAS BEEN LIMITED. alleged sender PayPal Team reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.42% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED! alleged sender service reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.42% Protect your account with more information alleged sender AMAZON reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.42% Your Account Will Be Limited. Update Your Informations ! alleged sender APPLE STORE reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.41% WHY MY ACCOUNT IS LIMITED ? alleged sender PayPal reported 28th January 2015

  • 0.41% Update Your Details alleged sender BT reported 28th January 2015

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

    Keyword Frequency
    PAYPAL 48
    APPLE 15
    BARCLAYS 8
    BANK 8
    NATWEST 7
    SUPPORT 7
    SERVICE 7
    TEAM 7
    ACCOUNT 4
    INC. 3
    LNC 3
    MICROSOFT 3

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    YOUR 86
    ACCOUNT 77
    UPDATE 31
    INFORMATION 28
    PAYPAL 24
    LIMITED 16
    YOU 15
    HAS 14
    BEEN 13
    WILL 12
    IMPORTANT 10
    ONLINE 10

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 97
    UNITED KINGDOM 10
    GERMANY 7
    FRANCE 5
    SPAIN 3
    NETHERLANDS 3
    CZECH REPUBLIC 2
    ITALY 2
    TURKEY 1
    IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF 1
    PORTUGAL 1
    HUNGARY 1

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