Weekly analysis - 13th February 2016 to 20th February 2016

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20-Feb-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 13th February 2016 to 20th February 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 13th February 2016 to 20th February 2016


During the week we reported a total of 15 phishing scams

13 or 87% 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)

0.61% Informazioni importanti per la sicurezza Intesa Sanpaolo alleged sender Microsoft reported 17th February 2016

0.49% YOUR LATEST VIRGIN MEDIA BILL CANNOT BE PROCESSED alleged sender Virgin Media reported 16th February 2016

0.46% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN IIMITED UNTII WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender PayPaI Inc reported 14th February 2016

0.44% REMINDER: YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE LIMITED UNTIL WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender Paypal Support reported 14th February 2016

0.43% Warning! You must update all your informations 14/02/2016 alleged sender SUPPORT reported 14th February 2016

0.43% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN IIMITED UNTII WE HEAR FROM YOU alleged sender PayPaI Inc reported 13th February 2016

0.38% DIRTY TALK AND HOOK UP alleged sender Desiree Benson reported 13th February 2016

0.38% SANTANDER ALERTS SERVICE UPDATE alleged sender Santander UK reported 15th February 2016

0.38% YOUR TURBO TAX UPDATE alleged sender Turbo Tax Team reported 18th February 2016

0.37% Fix The Error On Your Account. alleged sender THE CO-OPERATIVE PLC reported 12th February 2016

0.37% Tesco Online Notification. alleged sender Tesco.com. reported 16th February 2016

0.35% YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN CLOSED alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 15th February 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	4
TESCO	2
SUPPORT	2
MICROSOFT	1
TURBO	1
TAX	1
TEAM	1
BANK.	1
HOTMAIL	1
MEDIA	1
TESCO.COM.	1
INC	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	8
UPDATE	4
YOU	3
FROM	3
ACCOUNT	3
BEEN	2
HEAR	2
HAS	2
REQUIRED	2
VERIFICATION	2
[PAYPAL]	2
INTESA	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
GERMANY	2
DENMARK	1
MALAYSIA	1
BRAZIL	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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