Weekly analysis - 28th November 2015 to 5th December 2015

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05-Dec-2015

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 28th November 2015 to 5th December 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 28th November 2015 to 5th December 2015


During the week we reported a total of 19 phishing scams

17 or 89% 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)

0.59% LloydsBank.RestrictionCode 532176 alleged sender Lloyds Bank reported 1st December 2015

0.51% [ PAYPAL ] : VIEW YOUR RECENT ACTIVITY . #PP = 62218296612210384 alleged sender PayPal Inc reported 1st December 2015

0.36% FWD: PLEASE VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT APPLE ID FOR SECURITY REASONS ! alleged sender Support reported 28th November 2015

0.36% ACCOUNT NOTIFICATIONS alleged sender PayPal reported 29th November 2015

0.36% FWD: PLEASE VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT APPLE ID FOR SECURITY REASONS ! alleged sender Support reported 29th November 2015

0.36% FWD: PLEASE VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT APPLE ID FOR SECURITY REASONS ! alleged sender Support reported 30th November 2015

0.35% YOUR AMAZON.COM ORDER OF "PS4 SLIM BLACK+CONSOLE 2" alleged sender auto-confirm@amazon.com reported 28th November 2015

0.34% ORLANDO , LA VILLE DU FUTUR , THE CITY OF THE FUTURE alleged sender IMMO USA reported 29th November 2015

0.34% RESTORE alleged sender Admin reported 1st December 2015

0.33% UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION alleged sender paypal reported 30th November 2015

0.33% Please verify your account alleged sender Pay.service reported 28th November 2015

0.29% NEW MESSAGE FROM CHASE(SM) alleged sender Chase(SM)online.active.card@co reported 26th November 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	8
INC	4
SERVICE	2
SUPPORT	2
APPLE	1
BANK	1
LLOYDS	1
GOOGLE	1
ADMINISTRATOR	1
USA	1
ADMIN	1
EMAIL	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	13
ACCOUNT	10
PAYPAL	5
VERIFY	4
UPDATE	3
PLEASE	3
APPLE	3
NOW!	3
THE	3
YOU	2
RECENT	2
62218296612210384	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	12
CANADA	2
GERMANY	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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