Weekly analysis - 26th November 2016 to 3rd December 2016

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03-Dec-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 26th November 2016 to 3rd December 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 26th November 2016 to 3rd December 2016

During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

13 or 100% 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)

0.34% AN UPDATE FROM VIRGIN MEDIA alleged sender Virgin Media reported 26th November 2016

0.34% [Norton Anti]Please Review Your Account Informations alleged sender Apple reported 27th November 2016

0.3% Executive Director FBI alleged sender James B. Comey reported 29th November 2016

0.26% Important message please read alleged sender noreply@amazon.com reported 30th November 2016

0.25% Important message please read alleged sender noreply@amazon.com reported 29th November 2016

0.24% New Important Massege About Your Account alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 28th November 2016

0.21% UPDATE alleged sender Service Info reported 29th November 2016

0.16% About your transaction #5748573 alleged sender Apple reported 29th November 2016

0.15% Renewal required alleged sender APPSTORE LD reported 1st December 2016

0.14% Capital One Re-Validate Account for Your Security alleged sender Capital One reported 2nd December 2016

0.14% Account Suspended alleged sender IAPPIE.LD reported 29th November 2016

0.13% [PAYPAL] PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATIONS alleged sender Support reported 26th November 2016

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

Keyword Frequency

APPLE 3
SERVICE 2
NOREPLY@AMAZON.COM 2
USAA 1
STORE 1
CAPITAL 1
WELLSFARGOONLINE 1
APPSTORE 1
ONE 1
IAPPIE.LD 1
WELLS 1

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

Keyword Frequency

YOUR 5
ACCOUNT 4
IMPORTANT 3
MESSAGE 3
PLEASE 2
FOR 2
ABOUT 2
READ 2
ONLINE 2
NEW 2
ONE 1

SUPPORT 1

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

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 10
NETHERLANDS 1
TURKEY 1
UNITED KINGDOM 1

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