Weekly analysis - 8th August 2015 to 15th August 2015

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15-Aug-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 8th August 2015 to 15th 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 8th August 2015 to 15th August 2015


During the week we reported a total of 38 phishing scams

32 or 84% 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)

4.29% ACCOUNT TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED - YOUR APPLE ID REQUIRES VERIFICATION alleged sender Apple Inc reported 8th August 2015

4.29% ACCOUNT LOCKED alleged sender NatWest reported 8th August 2015

4.29% YOUR ACCOUNT HAVE BEEN ACCESSED FROM AN UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTER alleged sender MBNA Limited reported 6th August 2015

4.28% 全国兼职小姐学妹楼凤 alleged sender 全国楼凤小姐兼职良家 reported 4th August 2015

4.28% ACCOUNT LOCKED alleged sender NatWest reported 7th August 2015

4.28% EMAIL UPDATE alleged sender @aol.com reported 8th August 2015

4.27% EMAIL UPDATE alleged sender @aol.com reported 5th August 2015

4.27% YOUR ACCOUNT IS TEMPORARILY LOCKED alleged sender TD Bank via Me reported 6th August 2015

4.27% SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT alleged sender Natwest reported 4th August 2015

4.27% THE MOST PLEASURABLE BLOWJOB EVER alleged sender Pamela Hicks reported 4th August 2015

4.26% Notice : Sign-in to Online Banking Locked alleged sender Chase reported 4th August 2015

3.39% DEAR MEMBER YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED ✔ alleged sender Account Notification reported 9th August 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	8
ILOTTO	3
APPLE	3
INTERNET	3
INC	3
LOTTERY	3
TESCO	2
INC.	2
LINDA	2
BANK	2
ENTWISTLE	1
WEBTEAM	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	14
YOUR	13
UPDATE	7
HAS	5
PLEASE	4
LIMITED	4
BEEN	3
MESSAGE	3
NO.	3
ILOTTO/2015/ATM	3
PAYPAL	3
SUSPENDED	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	24
CANADA	4
NETHERLANDS	4
ESTONIA	1
FRANCE	1
JAPAN	1
NEW ZEALAND	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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