Weekly analysis - 4th April 2015 to 11th April 2015

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11-Apr-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 4th April 2015 to 11th 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 4th April 2015 to 11th April 2015

During the week we reported a total of 12 phishing scams

11 or 92% 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)

0.28% Suspicious Account Activity Reference KONzahN alleged sender Halifax reported 5th April 2015

0.27% [Team-Paypal] Update your account ! alleged sender PayPal reported 5th April 2015

0.26% Receipt for Your Payment to Skype alleged sender Skype reported 5th April 2015

0.26% APPLE BANK alleged sender Pvs Nr reported 6th April 2015

0.25% WE RECENTLY NOTICED ONE OR MORE ATTEMPTS TO LOG IN TO YOUR BARCLAYS ACCOUNT FROM A DIFFERENT IP ADDRESS. alleged sender Barclays reported 8th April 2015

0.24% IMPORTANT - ONLINE BANKING UPDATE alleged sender Barclays reported 8th April 2015

0.23% [ALERT] CONFIRM YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT ✔ alleged sender PayPal Service reported 5th April 2015

0.22% ACCOUNT UPDATE... alleged sender BARCLAYS reported 5th April 2015

0.22% [PAYPAL] : WARNING YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED ! alleged sender Paypal reported 7th April 2015

0.22% WE SELL ONLY GENUINE EARTHLINK RDP NO SMTP NEEDED alleged sender EARTHLINK reported 8th April 2015

0.22% [ WELLS FARGO ] IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 8th April 2015

0.2% SIGN IN alleged sender Services Info reported 4th April 2015

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
BARCLAYS	3
PAYPAL	3
EARTHLINK	1
RAJU	1
FARGO	1
PVSATYANARAYANA	1
PVS	1
SERVICE	1
SKYPE	1
HALIFAX	1
WELLS	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	6
YOUR	5
UPDATE	2
IMPORTANT	2
SMTP	1
NEEDED	1
ONLINE	1
RDP	1
BANKING	1
GENUINE	1
SELL	1
ONLY	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
TURKEY	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
SINGAPORE	1
POLAND	1

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