Weekly analysis - 4th February 2017 to 11th February 2017

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11-Feb-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 4th February 2017 to 11th February 2017

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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 4th February 2017 to 11th February 2017


During the week we reported a total of 16 phishing scams

11 or 69% 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)

0.54% Account Information alleged sender Information reported 4th February 2017

0.48% CHASE BANK - NOTICE! alleged sender Chase reported 7th February 2017

0.45% Chase Secure Message alleged sender Chase Online reported 14th January 2017

0.43% PayPal : Your Account Has Been Limited Until We Hear From You ! alleged sender PayPal reported 5th February 2017

0.33% CHASE BANK - NOTIFICATION! alleged sender Chase reported 7th February 2017

0.27% YOUR APPIE LD IS AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED. alleged sender Apple reported 7th February 2017

0.25% Request to Update Your BB&T Online Information! alleged sender BB&T Alerts reported 6th February 2017

0.22% Tracking Number For sunmtnsft@aol.com alleged sender PayPal reported 3rd February 2017

0.21% Executive Director FBI alleged sender Federal Bureau of Investigatio reported 10th February 2017

0.2% Online Banking (Wire Transfer )*************************Payment Alert From Royal Bank Of Scotland(R)**** alleged sender EASY SETTLEMENT reported 23rd January 2017

0.18% Reminder: We have updates on our Policy Update page. alleged sender service@intl.paypal.com reported 22nd January 2017

0.17% you have got a new message alleged sender AOL reported 7th February 2017

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
BANK	2
AMERICA	2
AOL	2
CHASE	2
ONLINE	2
APPLE	2
INVESTIGATIO	1
MICROSOFT	1
ZIMBRA	1
ALERT	1
BUREAU	1
FARGO	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	6
ACCOUNT	5
UPDATE	4
ONLINE	3
YOU	3
CHASE	2
BANK	2
PAYPAL	2
MESSAGE	2
INCOMING	2
HAVE	2
GOT	2

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	8
GERMANY	1
INDONESIA	1
BULGARIA	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
ITALY	1
FRANCE	1
AUSTRALIA	1
NETHERLANDS	1

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