Weekly analysis - 24th October 2015 to 31st October 2015

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31-Oct-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 24th October 2015 to 31st 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 24th October 2015 to 31st October 2015


During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

11 or 85% 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)

0.46% Tesco Account suspended due to TOS violations alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 12th August 2015

0.45% URGENT: CONFIRMATION OF ONLINE BANKING INFORMATION alleged sender Chase(SM)spalerts4secure3@comc reported 25th October 2015

0.39% Notification From Apple alleged sender Apple reported 25th October 2015

0.39% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN IIMITED UNTII WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender PayPaI reported 27th October 2015

0.34% IMPORTANT LOGIN INFORMATION alleged sender NatWest YourPoints reported 8th October 2009

0.32% A REQUEST FROM A VIRGIN alleged sender Holly Bass reported 25th October 2015

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

0.31% MAINTENANCE MAIL-BOX YOUR ACCOUNT DETECTED ACTIVITIES AND WILL BE BLOCKED alleged sender WEB reported 22nd October 2015

0.3% ✔ [PAYPAL]CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION ! ✉ alleged sender PayPal reported 28th October 2015

0.3% Re:Find Ofornelass NEW MESSAGE sent by Mrs. Lucila Lamme alleged sender MRS. LUCILA LAMME reported 27th October 2015

0.3% Your Account Will Be Limited Until We Hear From You alleged sender PayPal reported 27th October 2015

0.29% UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender PayPal reported 20th October 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	4
MRS.	2
JODI	1
PLC	1
REULAND	1
BRAYDEN	1
BARCLAYS	1
YAHOO.COM	1
BANK	1
PAYPAI	1
HOLLY	1
CHASE(SM)SPALERTS4SECURE3@COMC	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	5
YOUR	5
FROM	4
INFORMATION	3
[PAYPAL]CONFIRM	2
YOU	2
MESSAGE	2
✉	2
✔	2
HEAR	2
WILL	2
LIMITED	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
HUNGARY	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
NETHERLANDS	1

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