Weekly analysis - 10th October 2015 to 17th October 2015

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17-Oct-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 10th October 2015 to 17th October 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 10th October 2015 to 17th October 2015

During the week we reported a total of 14 phishing scams

13 or 93% 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)

0.39% NEW MESSAGE alleged sender alert@barclays.co.uk reported 11th September 2015

0.28% Lloyds Bank Alert alleged sender Lloyds reported 11th October 2015

0.26% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

0.21% Dear.....,,,..........,.,..,.... alleged sender MRS MONICA ASLAM reported 13th October 2015

0.2% Essential Maintenance for sunmtnsft@aol.com alleged sender AOL reported 12th October 2015

0.2% Fw: new message alleged sender Halifax UK reported 7th October 2015

0.19% NEW DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE. alleged sender Barclays PLC. reported 12th October 2015

0.19% ****** ***BULK*** GREETINGS MY DEAR alleged sender MR DAVID reported 9th October 2015

0.18% Your account has been temporary locked ! alleged sender Chase reported 13th October 2015

0.18% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED ✔ alleged sender PayPal Support reported 13th October 2015

0.18% ******The Yahoo ! Mail Team******* alleged sender Info reported 9th October 2015

0.18% We are unable to validate important details about your account. alleged sender Paypal reported 14th October 2015

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	5
SUPPORT	3
INFO	2
HSBC	1
ACCOUNT	1
PALYPAL	1
BANK	1
TEAM	1
SECURITY	1
ASLAM	1
MRS	1
CHASE	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	7
ACCOUNT	7
PAYPAL	4
BEEN	4
HAS	4
LIMITED	3
IMPORTANT	2
✔	2
ABOUT	1
DETAILS	1
NOTICE	1
VALIDATE	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
BELGIUM	2
UNITED KINGDOM	2
ITALY	1
GERMANY	1
CANADA	1

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