Weekly analysis - 25th April 2015 to 2nd May 2015

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02-May-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 25th April 2015 to 2nd May 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 25th April 2015 to 2nd May 2015


During the week we reported a total of 32 phishing scams

28 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)

3.04% WE SELL ONLY GENUINE EARTHLINK RDP NO SMTP NEEDED alleged sender EARTHLINK reported 25th April 2015

3.02% Important Update On Your PNC Account alleged sender PNC_ ALERT reported 25th April 2015

3.01% Wells Fargo Online Statement Notification alleged sender Wells Fargo Bank reported 25th April 2015

3.01% Dear Apple Customer, alleged sender Apple reported 24th April 2015

3% Apple ID. alleged sender @Store. reported 24th April 2015

3% BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE RULE THE WORLD, L. alleged sender Viagra Professional-Discounter reported 22nd April 2015

2.99% Your Barclays online has been flagged alleged sender Barclays reported 23rd April 2015

2.99% Please Update Your Account alleged sender Discover reported 23rd April 2015

2.99% Message Reference: 2D5FO96A alleged sender Citibank Customer Service reported 23rd April 2015

2.98% Amazon Important Noticed alleged sender Amazon Service UK reported 22nd April 2015

2.97% Have a nice day Edward Heron Here You Can GetExclusiveTabz alleged sender LUIGI reported 22nd April 2015

2.97% Save 10% alleged sender RxViagra reported 22nd April 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
EARTHLINK	6
PAYPAL	6
USAA	3
SUPPORT	2
SERVICE	2
MICROSOFT	2
BANK	1
ETHAN	1
ROBERTA	1
HALE	1
LUMLEY	1
YAHOO	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	11
YOUR	9
RDP	6
EARTHLINK	6
SMTP	6
NEEDED	6
GENUINE	6
ONLY	4
SELL	4
MESSAGE	4
SECURITY	3
✔	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	18
UNITED KINGDOM	3
ROMANIA	2
INDONESIA	2
CANADA	2
INDIA	1
NETHERLANDS	1
BRAZIL	1
FRANCE	1

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