Weekly analysis - 17th October 2015 to 24th October 2015

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24-Oct-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 17th October 2015 to 24th 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 17th October 2015 to 24th October 2015


During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

10 or 100% 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)

0.56% ✔VIEW MAIL!! alleged sender Administrator Online® reported 2nd September 2015

0.31% SECURITY PREFERENCES UPDATE alleged sender USAA reported 19th October 2015

0.3% Thank You for Your Order [Order iTunes Verification required] alleged sender APPLE INC. reported 21st October 2015

0.27% INTERNET BANKING: ACCOUNT ACCESS NOTIFICATION alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 16th October 2015

0.25% IMPORTANT LOGIN INFORMATION alleged sender NatWest YourPoints reported 8th October 2009

0.24% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

0.23% UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender PayPal reported 20th October 2015

0.22% An Important Notice From Chase(SM) alleged sender Chase reported 21st October 2015

0.19% MAINTENANCE MAIL-BOX YOUR ACCOUNT DETECTED ACTIVITIES AND WILL BE BLOCKED alleged sender WEB reported 22nd October 2015

0.19% Your Account PayPal Has Been Limited alleged sender PAYPal info reported 16th October 2015

0.19% Your Account has been limited alleged sender APPLE INC reported 19th October 2015

0.19% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED ✔ alleged sender PalyPal Support reported 16th October 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	2
APPLE	2
GUIDE	1
INC.	1
CHASE	1
WEB	1
42310	1
PAYPAL_ID	1
SECRET	1
MENS	1
USAA	1
INC	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	6
ACCOUNT	3
LIMITED	3
ORDER	2
AND	2
YOU	2
UPDATE	2
NOW	2
(PP-35-TB-23-90-SN)	1
FROM	1
CASE	1
CHASE(SM)	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	5
TURKEY	1
IRELAND	1
CANADA	1
BRAZIL	1

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