Weekly analysis - 22nd August 2015 to 29th August 2015

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29-Aug-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 22nd August 2015 to 29th 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 22nd August 2015 to 29th August 2015


During the week we reported a total of 14 phishing scams

12 or 86% 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)

0.34% ACTION REQUIRED -YOUR BANK HAS NOTIFIED US OF UNAUTHORISED MONEY TRANSFERS FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT alleged sender service@paypal.co.uk reported 24th August 2015

0.3% YOUR PAYMENT TO SKYPE, RECEIPT NR. 02695125143 alleged sender sales reported 23rd August 2015

0.27% Daily Suspension alleged sender AOL reported 25th August 2015

0.26% Important Account Update alleged sender USAA reported 23rd August 2015

0.26% [ Chase Bank ] Important Notification alleged sender Chase Bank reported 23rd August 2015

0.26% We Advise You To Update Your Account Right Now ✔ alleged sender SUPPORT reported 24th August 2015

0.26% Update Your Account Amazon alleged sender Microsoft reported 24th August 2015

0.25% TESCO ACCOUNT SUSPENDED DUE TO TOS VIOLATIONS alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 25th August 2015

0.25% Update Your Information! ✉ 26/08/2015 09:20:31 alleged sender PayPal reported 26th August 2015

0.24% Tesco Account suspended due to TOS violations alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 14th August 2015

0.23% 1 IMPORTANT MESSAGE alleged sender Natwest reported 26th August 2015

0.21% Update Your PayPal Account! alleged sender PayPal reported 27th August 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
NATWEST	2
BANK	2
PAYPAL	2
SILVIA	1
BARCLAYS	1
PLC.	1
AOL	1
RIBAS.	1
TESCO	1
SALES	1
CHASE	1
MICROSOFT	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	6
UPDATE	5
ACCOUNT	5
IMPORTANT	4
BANK	3
SUSPENSION	1
INFORMATION!	1
✉	1
26/08/2015	1
DAILY	1
VIOLATIONS	1
DUE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
HONG KONG	1
BRAZIL	1
FRANCE	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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