Weekly analysis - 19th September 2015 to 26th September 2015

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26-Sep-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th September 2015 to 26th September 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 19th September 2015 to 26th September 2015


During the week we reported a total of 19 phishing scams

18 or 95% 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)

0.51% Account status limited alleged sender PayPal Service reported 22nd September 2015

0.5% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN IIMITED UNTII WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender Service PaypaI reported 20th September 2015

0.49% 香港代购，一折钜惠 alleged sender 名品折扣 reported 22nd September 2015

0.48% Navy Federal Credit Union : Account Verification Alert! alleged sender Credit Union reported 20th September 2015

0.48% Your Virgin Media Profile Update alleged sender VIRGIN MEDIA reported 20th September 2015

0.47% YOUR APPIE ID HAS BEEN DISABLED FOR SECURITY REASONS ! alleged sender Apple ID reported 21st September 2015

0.46% ATTENTION: DEAR CUSTOMER alleged sender qq reported 21st September 2015

0.45% Important account security information alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 22nd September 2015

0.45% FROM MRS,MICHELLE OBAMA LAST NOTICE alleged sender FROM MRS MICHELLE OBAMA reported 21st September 2015

0.43% Your Apple account has been disabled ! alleged sender Apple reported 22nd September 2015

0.42% account under review. alleged sender PayPal reported 21st September 2015

0.42% NEW UPDATE IS REQUIRED #5509 alleged sender Chase Update reported 21st September 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SERVICE	3
PAYPAL	3
VIRGIN	2
CHASE	2
PAYPAI	2
APPLE	2
MEDIA	2
ONLINE	1
名品折扣	1
BIGFOOT.COM	1
SUPPORT	1
拍拍贷	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	8
YOUR	7
HAS	3
BEEN	3
FROM	3
IMPORTANT	2
MEDIA	2
VIRGIN	2
LIMITED	2
STATUS	2
NOTICE	2
DISABLED	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	9
SPAIN	2
INDIA	1
MALAYSIA	1
CANADA	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
BELGIUM	1
FRANCE	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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