Weekly analysis - 28th March 2015 to 4th April 2015

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04-Apr-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 28th March 2015 to 4th April 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 March 2015 to 4th April 2015


During the week we reported a total of 17 phishing scams

15 or 88% 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)

0.41% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

0.38% WARNING ! YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT WAS LIMITED ! alleged sender Paypal support team reported 1st April 2015

0.36% Your Tesco Bank eDocument is ready alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 2nd April 2015

0.35% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMIT ,PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender PayPaI Support® reported 30th March 2015

0.34% Apple Last Notice alleged sender Apple Helpdesk reported 30th March 2015

0.32% WARNING ! YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT WAS LIMITED ! alleged sender Paypal support team reported 31st March 2015

0.31% SECURITY UPGRADE ALART alleged sender Bank of America reported 31st March 2015

0.31% Vodafone New Message alleged sender Vodafone reported 19th February 2012

0.31% Personal Information Update alleged sender Wells Fargo Online reported 1st April 2015

0.29% 10725-Your Latest Documents from RS Components 914345207 alleged sender Werner Briggs reported 31st March 2015

0.28% Your Online Banking Is Locked alleged sender Westpac reported 1st April 2015

0.28% Your Account Has Been Limit ,Please Update Your Information alleged sender PayPal reported 31st March 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	5
SUPPORT	2
BANK	2
TEAM	2
TESCO	1
ONLINE	1
FARGO	1
WELLS	1
WESTERN	1
UNION	1
INFO	1
SERVICES	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	11
ACCOUNT	6
UPDATE	4
PAYPAL	4
LATEST	3
FROM	3
WARNING	3
WAS	3
INFORMATION	3
COMPONENTS	3
HAS	3
BEEN	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
UNITED KINGDOM	4
FRANCE	2
TUNISIA	2
TURKEY	1
SINGAPORE	1

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