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

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12-Nov-2016

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


During the week we reported a total of 25 phishing scams

17 or 68% 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)

0.24% Security Alerts alleged sender Bank of America reported 8th November 2016

0.23% AMAZON ACCOUNT : Failed to verify your account Amazon 10/29/2016 12:19:35 alleged sender SUPPORT reported 6th November 2016

0.22% Update alleged sender AOL reported 8th November 2016

0.21% YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT (ACCOUNT LIMITED) alleged sender Root User reported 7th November 2016

0.21% UPDATE REQUIRED : PAYPAL alleged sender service PayPal reported 7th November 2016

0.21% YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR PAYPAI ACCOUNT (ACCOUNT LIMITED) alleged sender PayPaI Service reported 6th November 2016

0.18% PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION ! alleged sender PayPal.Service reported 5th November 2016

0.18% NEW SECURITY PRECAUTIONS alleged sender Santander reported 8th November 2016

0.18% ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender pppaypal reported 6th November 2016

0.15% Your account has been limited Please update Your information alleged sender Paypal Service reported 8th November 2016

0.14% Notification alleged sender Barclays reported 10th November 2016

0.14% New 15 Important Message From REGIONS "howiem@bigfoot.com" alleged sender REGIONS reported 8th November 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
APPLE	3
USAA	3
PAYPAL	3
SERVICE	3
AMERICA	2
BANK	2
PHARMACY	1
CANADIAN	1
TSB	1
WELSFARGO	1
ONLINE	1
FARGO	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	15
YOUR	11
SECURITY	6
UPDATE	4
SUSPICIOUS	3
INFORMATION	3
ALERT:	2
IMPORTANT	2
NEW	2
DISABLED	2
HAS	2
BEEN	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	16
GERMANY	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	2
UNITED KINGDOM	1
POLAND	1
NETHERLANDS	1
BRAZIL	1
TURKEY	1

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