Weekly analysis - 28th February 2015 to 7th March 2015

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07-Mar-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 28th February 2015 to 7th March 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 28th February 2015 to 7th March 2015


During the week we reported a total of 18 phishing scams

17 or 94% 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)

0.74% YOUR ACCOUNT PAYPAL HAS BEEN LIMITED. alleged sender service@paypal.co.uk reported 28th February 2015

0.67% WE RE-SELL GENUINE EARTHLINK RDPS( CHANGE OF WEBSITE) alleged sender EARTH LINK RDP reported 1st March 2015

0.65% IMPORTANT - ONLINE BANKING UPDATE alleged sender Natwest reported 2nd March 2015

0.61% Santander Bank Important Notification alleged sender Santander UK reported 1st March 2015

0.6% Update Your Online Account alleged sender Halifax reported 1st March 2015

0.59% YOUR PENDING PURCHASE alleged sender Payments reported 1st March 2015

0.59% BANCA IMI SECURITIES CORP. alleged sender Satya Vathi reported 2nd March 2015

0.58% Now you can take control over every situation, Deb S!! alleged sender Marilynn Johengen reported 1st March 2015

0.58% BANK ASIA LTD alleged sender Satya Vathi reported 2nd March 2015

0.57% Important: We noticed unusual activity in your PayPal account (Ref #PP-004-621-793-008)3 alleged sender PayPal reported 26th February 2015

0.56% [PayPal] your account information appears to be missing alleged sender PayPal reported 2nd March 2015

0.55% IMPORTANT: Please re-update your account information. alleged sender PayPal reported 2nd March 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	5
VATHI	2
SATYA	2
CENTRE	1
SECURITY	1
BARCLAYS	1
WELLS	1
FARGO	1
STREAM	1
DAVID	1
NATWEST	1
JOHENGEN	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	7
ACCOUNT	4
IMPORTANT	4
UPDATE	3
ONLINE	2
INFORMATION	2
NOTIFICATION	2
BANK	2
BARCLAYS	1
PP-001-487-280-335	1
NOTIFICATION.	1
PAYPAL:	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
GERMANY	2
UNITED KINGDOM	1
ESTONIA	1
PANAMA	1
FRANCE	1
ARGENTINA	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
ITALY	1
ANDORRA	1
HUNGARY	1