Weekly analysis - 26th December 2015 to 2nd January 2016

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02-Jan-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 26th December 2015 to 2nd January 2016

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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 26th December 2015 to 2nd January 2016


During the week we reported a total of 30 phishing scams

24 or 80% 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)

1.86% Your O2 Update alleged sender O2 reported 24th May 2012

0.4% BT Yahoo : Message Alert ! alleged sender Btinternet.com reported 13th September 2009

0.33% Executive Careers alleged sender michael swartz reported 27th December 2015

0.26% JAMES F. ENTWISTLE U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA alleged sender JAMES F. ENTWISTLE reported 28th December 2015

0.26% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED alleged sender NatWest reported 25th December 2015

0.25% Re-Validate Your E:howiem@loxinfo.co.th alleged sender Account Team reported 25th December 2015

0.25% NOTIFICATION: YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED alleged sender PayPaI Inc reported 25th December 2015

0.25% [PAYPAAL VERIFICATION] UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION ✔ alleged sender PayPaal reported 21st December 2015

0.25% Your account has been deactivated alleged sender NatWest reported 26th December 2015

0.25% FACTORY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL FROM CHINA alleged sender Mia Zhang reported 23rd December 2015

0.24% ✉ [PAYPAL] ✔ YOUR ACCOUNT PAYPAL IS LIMITED YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN 24 HOURS ✔ alleged sender PayPal reported 25th December 2015

0.24% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CLOSED alleged sender Barclays reported 28th December 2015

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SUPPORT	3
ONE	2
360	2
BARCLAYS	2
CAPITAL	2
MICROSOFT	2
TESCO	2
APPLE	2
CHASE	2
PAYPAL	2
MARKECYRV	1
SERVICE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	12
ACCOUNT	10
YOU	4
BEEN	4
HAS	4
SUSPENDED	3
ACCESS	2
PAYMENT	2
AMAZON.CO.UK	1
BANK:	1
ONLINE	1
TESCO	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	14
BRAZIL	3
FRANCE	2
NETHERLANDS	1
PANAMA	1
AUSTRALIA	1
SWITZERLAND	1
CHINA	1
TURKEY	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
INDONESIA	1
GERMANY	1

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