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 31 phishing scams

24 or 77% 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)

5.24% Your account might be compromised alleged sender Barclays reported 9th October 2016

4.62% SANTANDER BANK SECURE NOTIFICATION alleged sender SANTANDER BANK reported 9th October 2016

3.31% J, PLEASE RESPOND! alleged sender Thank You! reported 9th October 2016

3.24% ☒ ACCOUNT LOCKED : RE-ACTIVATE NOW !‏ alleged sender Amazon Support reported 9th October 2016

2.04% Access To Your Account(s) Has Been Disabled. alleged sender Lloyds reported 9th October 2016

1.73% Account information needs to be update. alleged sender U.S. Bank reported 9th October 2016

1.43% LLOYDS BANK : UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION alleged sender Lloyds reported 9th October 2016

1.19% UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION ACCOUNT !! alleged sender EbayUpdate reported 9th October 2016

0.89% WE NOTICED UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT alleged sender service reported 9th October 2016

0.85% Overpaid tax refund alleged sender HM Revenue & reported 9th October 2016

0.73% Your Account Has Been Limited alleged sender PayPal reported 9th October 2016

0.54% You Have 584 Alert Notifications alleged sender Microsoft reported 7th October 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	3
BANK	3
SUPPORT	2
ONLINE	2
THANK	2
LLOYDS	2
YOU!	2
APPLE	2
CHASE	2
MICROSOFT	2
AMAZON	2
U.S.	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	15
ACCOUNT	13
HAS	5
INFORMATION	4
BEEN	4
PAYPAL	3
PLEASE	3
IMPORTANT	3
UPDATE	3
SECURE	2
NATWEST	2
YOU	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	11
SWITZERLAND	1
ROMANIA	1
FRANCE	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
ISRAEL	1
POLAND	1
HONG KONG	1
PAKISTAN	1
GERMANY	1

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