Weekly analysis - 5th March 2016 to 12th March 2016

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12-Mar-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 5th March 2016 to 12th March 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 5th March 2016 to 12th March 2016


During the week we reported a total of 16 phishing scams

13 or 81% 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)

1.09% PAYPAL SUPPORT:[UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION] alleged sender paypal reported 8th March 2016

1.02% EMAIL ACCOUNT UPDATE alleged sender SECURITY reported 8th March 2016

0.41% Warning: Your account status change alleged sender Support-Team reported 5th March 2016

0.36% TAX REFUND NEW MESSAGE ALERT!#K8Y81ZS4141 alleged sender NatWest reported 7th March 2016

0.36% your account has been limited alleged sender PAY-PAY-TEAM reported 6th March 2016

0.33% YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN SENT! alleged sender service paypal reported 9th March 2016

0.32% RE:RE: INVOICE. alleged sender Sales reported 6th March 2016

0.31% ✔ [ VERIFICATION PAYPAL ] : VIEW YOUR RECENT ACTIVITY ! ✔ alleged sender PayPal reported 10th March 2016

0.27% RE: COMMUNICATE HIM WITH YOUR FULL INFORMATION alleged sender Henry George reported 12th March 2016

0.27% RE: Personal Donation alleged sender Microsoft reported 8th March 2016

0.26% Your account has been suspended alleged sender NatWest reported 8th March 2016

0.24% Know your customer verification alleged sender Apple Inc reported 8th March 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	4
SERVICE	2
NATWEST	2
GEORGE	1
EMAIL	1
HENRY	1
ADMINISTRATOR	1
D.NOTTI	1
CAROL	1
MARTIN	1
DAVID	1
MICROSOFT	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	8
ACCOUNT	5
PAYPAL	3
BEEN	3
HAS	3
CUSTOMER	2
VERIFICATION	2
✔	2
RE:	2
NOTIFICATION	2
COMMUNICATE	1
HIM	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
UNITED KINGDOM	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
JAPAN	1
GERMANY	1
HONG KONG	1
SWEDEN	1
INDONESIA	1

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