Weekly analysis - 9th January 2016 to 16th January 2016

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16-Jan-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 9th January 2016 to 16th 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 9th January 2016 to 16th January 2016


During the week we reported a total of 32 phishing scams

30 or 94% 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)

0.54% BT Yahoo : Message Alert ! alleged sender Btinternet.com reported 13th September 2009

0.47% Your USAA Sign On Protection Alert Notification alleged sender USAA reported 11th January 2016

0.45% ID: 502635079 alleged sender iCloud-ID reported 10th January 2016

0.43% YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LIMITED alleged sender PayPal reported 9th January 2016

0.4% Are you on Twitter / FB or Pinterest? If so, watch me alleged sender AOL reported 10th January 2016

0.4% If you thought you are small or even your c*ck alleged sender AOL reported 10th January 2016

0.39% YOUR AMAZON.COM ORDER OF "1 KINDLE WIRELESS READING DE..." alleged sender auto-confirm@amazon.com reported 10th January 2016

0.36% BELIEVE ME, RESTORE PERFECT 20/20 VISION IN 7 DAYS NATURALLY alleged sender Dr. reported 10th January 2016

0.35% PLEASE UPDATE YOUR BILLING INFORMATION alleged sender Amazon reported 9th January 2016

0.35% 1 NEW INSTAHOOKUP ALERT alleged sender Dolores Hampton reported 9th January 2016

0.35% Receipt for your PayPal payment to Toolsave Ltd alleged sender service@paypal.co.uk reported 12th January 2016

0.33% ✉ [PAYPAL] ✔ YOUR ACCOUNT PAYPAL IS LIMITED YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN 24 HOURS ✔ alleged sender PayPal reported 8th January 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
SETTING	3
AOL	3
PAYPAL	3
DR.	3
USAA	2
SERVICE	2
NATWEST	2
VATHI	1
NOTIFICATION	1
SATYA	1
VIA	1
SERVICE.INTL@PAYPAL.COM	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	16
ACCOUNT	11
HAS	7
BEEN	7
UPDATE	6
BELIEVE	3
LIMITED	3
CLOSED	3
MESSAGE	3
YOU	3
RESTORE	3
INFORMATION	3

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	13
BRAZIL	2
UNITED KINGDOM	2
NETHERLANDS	2
CHILE	1
ARGENTINA	1
SINGAPORE	1
JAPAN	1
CANADA	1
PORTUGAL	1

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