Weekly analysis - 24th December 2016 to 31st December 2016

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31-Dec-2016

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 24th December 2016 to 31st 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 24th December 2016 to 31st December 2016


During the week we reported a total of 15 phishing scams

14 or 93% 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)

0.23% [TEMPORARY LOCKED] UNEXPECTED ACTIVITY ON YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender PayPaI reported 26th December 2016

0.21% WE NOTICED UNUSUAL ACTIVITY ON YOUR ACCOUNT alleged sender service@paypaI.com reported 28th December 2016

0.16% Somebody has tagged your very own account alleged sender AOL reported 24th December 2016

0.16% Your account has been Iimited ! alleged sender paypal reported 26th December 2016

0.16% **** Component Update Digest alleged sender Components Update Digest reported 30th December 2016

0.15% Your order of Amazon "Gift Card - Email ..." alleged sender Amazon reported 25th December 2016

0.15% Your Account Has Ben Limited until we hear from You alleged sender PayPall reported 29th December 2016

0.15% YOUR ORDER OF AMAZON "GIFT CARD - EMAIL ..." alleged sender Amazon reported 24th December 2016

0.15% [Norton Anti]Reminder: Your account will be limited until we hear from you! alleged sender PPL SUPPORT reported 27th December 2016

0.14% Important message please read alleged sender no-reply@amazon.com reported 30th December 2016

0.14% Somebody has already tagged your current user profile alleged sender AOL reported 24th December 2016

0.13% Un-avoidable Update alleged sender Yahoo reported 29th December 2016

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAI	2
DIGEST	1
UPDATE	1
COMPONENTS	1
ICLOUD.-ITUNES-US.	1
CONTATO	1
GOOGLE	1
USAA	1
NO-REPLY@AMAZON.COM	1
INC	1
PAYPALL	1
SUPPORT	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	9
ACCOUNT	6
[NORTON	2
HAS	2
UPDATE	2
HEAR	2
THE	2
FROM	2
ACTIVITY	2
UNTIL	2
LIMITED	2
FOLLOWING	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	10
BRAZIL	1
GERMANY	1
FRANCE	1
IRELAND	1

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