Weekly analysis - 25th July 2015 to 1st August 2015

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01-Aug-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 25th July 2015 to 1st August 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 July 2015 to 1st August 2015


During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

12 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)

0.82% PayPal Dispute : Your Paypal payment has been held alleged sender Ebay customer service reported 25th July 2015

0.58% IMPORTANT - ONLINE BANKING UPDATE alleged sender Barclays reported 25th July 2015

0.54% Online Banking: Reacivate your account alleged sender Chase reported 26th July 2015

0.54% service@paypal.com alleged sender PayPal reported 24th July 2015

0.53% YOUR ACCOUNT SECURITY - JULY 2015 alleged sender Tesco Bank Plc reported 26th July 2015

0.49% **PayPal Safety Measures Against Online Fraud!** alleged sender Chase reported 27th July 2015

0.47% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender Service PayPal reported 24th July 2015

0.46% LOGIN TO UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS. alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd July 2015

0.44% Order confirmation:Thank you for your purchase. for security reason update or cancel your verification alleged sender PayPal reported 21st July 2015

0.44% ALERT MESSAGE FROM CHASE ONLINE(SM) alleged sender Chase reported 27th July 2015

0.41% YOUR ACCOUNT PAYPAL IS LIMITED YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN 24 HOURS ! alleged sender PayPal reported 21st July 2015

0.41% IMPORTANT DROPBOX DOCUMENT ENCLOSED alleged sender Dropbox reported 18th July 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
CHASE	3
PAYPAL	2
BANK	2
VERIFIED	1
APPLE	1
MICROSOFT	1
ITUNES	1
CREDITCARD	1
ONE	1
TESCO	1
PLC	1
CAPITAL	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	5
ACCOUNT	4
ONLINE	3
BEEN	3
HAS	3
MESSAGE	2
SECURITY	2
ALERT	2
FROM	2
PASSWORD	1
DEACTIVATED	1
VISA	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	5
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
ITALY	1
THAILAND	1
GERMANY	1
NETHERLANDS	1

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