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

 

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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