Weekly analysis - 20th June 2015 to 27th June 2015

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27-Jun-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 20th June 2015 to 27th June 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 20th June 2015 to 27th June 2015


During the week we reported a total of 20 phishing scams

18 or 90% 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)

0.35% UPDATE YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT alleged sender PayPal support reported 21st June 2015

0.34% You just need to confirm your billing address. alleged sender PayPal Service reported 21st June 2015

0.3% You Have One Security Message From NatWest CreditCard alleged sender CreditCardOnlineServices reported 19th June 2015

0.27% 1 New Security Message From Barclays Online Personal Banking! alleged sender Barclays Bank reported 24th June 2015

0.26% [PAYPAL] : UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender Paypal Service reported 19th June 2015

0.24% YOUR USAA ONLINE CONFIRMATION ALERT alleged sender USAA reported 22nd June 2015

0.24% Your Account Access Has Been Limited alleged sender PayPal reported 20th June 2015

0.22% IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 22nd June 2015

0.22% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED ✔ alleged sender PayPal Inc ✔ reported 21st June 2015

0.22% ITUNES ID UPDATES alleged sender iTunes Service reported 21st June 2015

0.21% IMPORTANT - ONLINE BANKING UPDATE alleged sender Barclays reported 19th June 2015

0.2% HALIFAX: IMPORTANT BANKING ALERT. alleged sender Halifax Bank reported 19th June 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	6
BANK	3
SERVICE	3
ITUNES	2
USAA	2
BARCLAYS	2
AMERICA	1
SCOTLAND	1
VIAGRA	1
DRUGSTORE	1
FORCE	1
SUPER	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	11
ACCOUNT	10
ONLINE	4
BEEN	3
HAS	3
FOR	3
IMPORTANT	3
YOU	3
USAA	2
CONFIRMATION	2
CONFIRM	2
THE	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	10
UNITED KINGDOM	2
FRANCE	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
SWEDEN	1
SPAIN	1

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