Weekly analysis - 15th October 2016 to 22nd October 2016

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22-Oct-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 15th October 2016 to 22nd 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 15th October 2016 to 22nd October 2016


During the week we reported a total of 248 phishing scams

183 or 74% 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)

0.25% Urgent Notification (Your Cahoot Bank Account Has Been Block) alleged sender Cahoot reported 27th April 2010

0.14% Message Updates. alleged sender Barclays reported 25th September 2008

0.14% IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender Amazon reported 17th October 2016

0.13% YOUR LAST CHANCE TO UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION. alleged sender PayPal reported 17th October 2016

0.12% ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY OWNER OF THIS ATM VISA CARD!!!. alleged sender MR. CHRIS JOSEPH reported 21st October 2016

0.12% *(GROUPE UBA BANK) Benin Republic.* *UBA-BENIN­REPUBLIC* *Avenue Jean-Paul II - 08 BP 0879 - Cotonou - Bénin* alleged sender DR. NBONGO MANAGING reported 17th October 2016

0.12% Please check your account ! alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 21st October 2016

0.1% SOMEONE LOGGED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY ✔ alleged sender Paypal reported 17th October 2016

0.1% Customer Alert alleged sender Paypa1 Online reported 16th November 2014

0.1% HSBC Internet Banking Security . alleged sender HSBC reported 13th April 2010

0.1% GET £15 AMAZON VOUCHER WHEN YOU TAKE OUT HOME ENERGY PLAN WITH US alleged sender FPC reported 17th October 2016

0.1% UPDATE ACCOUNT INFORMATION alleged sender PayPal reported 21st October 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
APPLE	25
PAYPAL	24
BANK	23
AMAZON	14
SUPPORT	14
SERVICE	11
BARCLAYS	10
NATWEST	7
TESCO	7
AMERICA	7
TEAM	5
USAA	5

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	126
ACCOUNT	107
HAS	26
UPDATE	25
PAYPAL	23
BEEN	22
FROM	22
YOU	19
NEW	19
INFORMATION	19
ALERT	18
APPLE	16

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	118
UNITED KINGDOM	11
AUSTRALIA	5
ITALY	5
GERMANY	5
CANADA	4
FRANCE	4
NETHERLANDS	4
CHINA	4
HONG KONG	3
IRELAND	3
INDONESIA	2

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