Weekly analysis - 2nd October 2016 to 9th October 2016

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09-Oct-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 2nd October 2016 to 9th October 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 2nd October 2016 to 9th October 2016


During the week we reported a total of 24 phishing scams

17 or 71% 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)

2.52% Access To Your Account(s) Has Been Disabled. alleged sender Lloyds reported 9th October 2016

1.95% Account information needs to be update. alleged sender U.S. Bank reported 9th October 2016

0.74% Important Immediate Action Required [Chase] alleged sender Chase Online reported 8th October 2016

0.65% JO, PLEASE RESPOND! alleged sender Thank You! reported 8th October 2016

0.26% YOUR ACCOUNT IS TEMPORARILY DISABLED alleged sender Account Support reported 8th October 2016

0.22% HSBC - Warning message alleged sender HSBC Credit reported 7th October 2016

0.22% IMPORTANT: YOUR ACCOUNT HAS RECEIVED A VOUCHER alleged sender M&S reported 6th October 2016

0.17% SOMEONE CAN ACCESS YOUR PAYPAI ACCOUNT, PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY TO PROTECT YOUR ACCOUNT. alleged sender Alert Notification reported 15th May 2016

0.14% Bank of America Alerts: Your Account Has Been Suspended alleged sender Bank of America Alert reported 1st September 2012

0.14% DOORS HAVE BEEN OPENED AND YOU ARE INVITED alleged sender Steve Katz reported 8th October 2016

0.12% NOTIFICATION !!! URGENT USAA ACCOUNT UPDATE alleged sender USAA reported 10th May 2016

0.12% USAA ONLINE PAYMENT VERIFICATION alleged sender Update reported 8th May 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	3
CHASE	2
THANK	2
PAYPAL	2
ONLINE	2
MICROSOFT	2
YOU!	2
ACCOUNT	1
BARCLAYS	1
SANTANDER	1
SUPPORT	1
STEVE	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	9
YOUR	9
HAS	3
IMPORTANT	3
BEEN	3
YOU	2
MESSAGE	2
NATWEST	2
SECURE	2
IMMEDIATE	2
PAYPAL	2
RESPOND!	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
SWITZERLAND	1
ROMANIA	1
FRANCE	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
ISRAEL	1
POLAND	1
HONG KONG	1
PAKISTAN	1
GERMANY	1

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