Weekly analysis - 11th July 2015 to 18th July 2015

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18-Jul-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th July 2015 to 18th July 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 11th July 2015 to 18th July 2015


During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

9 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)

1.12% YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED alleged sender Paypal service reported 12th July 2015

1.05% INCOMING EMAILS alleged sender Mail User reported 11th July 2015

1.04% New Message From Usaa Bank alleged sender USAA reported 14th July 2015

1.02% VIRGIN E-MAIL ALERT ! alleged sender Virgin Money UK reported 11th July 2015

0.76% ACTION NEEDED: ONLINE BANKING ALERT!? alleged sender Chase reported 10th July 2015

0.76% howiem@bigfoot.com Mailbox Exceeded Limit,Verify Your Password alleged sender Storage Limit reported 15th July 2015

0.75% A scheduled maintenance has just been completed on your accounts alleged sender Natwest Online reported 10th July 2015

0.73% UPDATE NOTICE alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 15th July 2015

0.72% [ APPLE ] : VIEW YOUR RECENT ACTIVITY . ✔ #PP = alleged sender itunes.inc reported 10th July 2015

0.69% You just need to confirm your billing address. alleged sender Microsoft reported 10th July 2015

0.61% ✉ PAYPAL ACCOUNT NO. 42501 RESTRICTED UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT ! ✔ alleged sender PayPal Inc reported 8th July 2015

0.61% ITUNES ACCOUNT HAS BEEN FROZEN ID1381A4C512582B66FF55 alleged sender iTunes reported 30th June 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	2
USAA	2
BANK	2
SUPPORT	1
LATENIGHTFRIEND	1
DROPBOX	1
ROYAL	1
LLOYDS	1
SERVICE	1
STORAGE	1
LIMIT	1
METROBANKDIRECT	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	5
ACCOUNT	3
UPDATE	2
USAA	2
BANK	2
CONFIRMATION	1
INFORMATION	1
RBC	1
ACOUNT	1
ALERT	1
ONLINE	1
F&CK	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
ARGENTINA	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
NETHERLANDS	1
FRANCE	1

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