Weekly analysis - 7th November 2015 to 14th November 2015

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14-Nov-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 7th November 2015 to 14th November 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 7th November 2015 to 14th November 2015


During the week we reported a total of 24 phishing scams

23 or 96% 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)

0.66% Aol Notification alleged sender AOL reported 1st November 2015

0.38% L... H.... LLOYDSBANK.RESTRICTIONCODE 19581 alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 9th November 2015

0.36% WE NEED YOUR HELP RESOLVING AN ISSUE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender service@paypal.intl.com reported 7th November 2015

0.35% We need your help resolving an issue with your account alleged sender service@paypal.intl.com reported 8th November 2015

0.34% *******Online Banking (Wire Transfer )*************************Payment Alert From Royal Bank Of alleged sender ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND® reported 5th November 2015

0.33% WARNING- YOU MAY NOT BE PROTECTED BY NORTON. UPDATE NOW. alleged sender NortonSecuritySpecials reported 6th November 2015

0.33% Fw: new message Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 20:29:22 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: alleged sender Microsoft reported 9th November 2015

0.31% IVY-LEAGUE DOCTOR JAILED FOR REVEALING DIABETES CURING SECRET alleged sender Dr. Watsons reported 5th November 2015

0.31% UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender PayPal reported 5th November 2015

0.31% *******Online Banking (Wire Transfer )*************************Payment Alert From Royal Bank Of alleged sender Royal Bank reported 4th November 2015

0.31% ✔ [PAYPAL]CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION ! ✉ alleged sender PayPal reported 31st October 2015

0.26% additional information on the amazon site. alleged sender Amazon reported 7th November 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	5
BANK	4
SMITH	2
AMAZON	2
CENTER	2
TEAM	2
NATIONAL	2
PAY	1
PAL	1
SECURITY	1
SERVICE@INTL.PAYPAI.COM	1
ANDREW	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	12
YOUR	10
INFORMATION	4
NEW	3
WILL	3
VERIFICATION	2
PAYPAL	2
RE:	2
MESSAGE	2
THE	2
ACCESS	2
ADDITIONAL	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	15
AUSTRALIA	2
UNITED KINGDOM	2
FRANCE	2
PORTUGAL	1
GERMANY	1

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