Weekly analysis - 22nd April 2017 to 29th April 2017

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29-Apr-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 22nd April 2017 to 29th April 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 22nd April 2017 to 29th April 2017


During the week we reported a total of 13 phishing scams

11 or 85% 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% Chase Bank Online Access Limitation! alleged sender Chase reported 24th April 2017

0.2% You Have One Security Message From NatWest CreditCard alleged sender NatWest CreditCard reported 24th April 2017

0.2% Your account will be limited. alleged sender PayPal reported 24th April 2017

0.2% Executive Director FBI alleged sender Federal Bureau of Investigatio reported 26th April 2017

0.18% Your account will be limited. alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd April 2017

0.17% Okay I might try that. alleged sender spoof reported 26th April 2017

0.16% ALERT FROM TESCO BANK alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 27th April 2017

0.15% Unsuccessful login attempts alleged sender test@gamblingsale.ru test@gamb reported 24th April 2017

0.14% Open a new credit account alleged sender CardApprovalUSA reported 26th April 2017

0.13% Urgent Message From Tesco Secure alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 21st April 2017

0.12% New Notification from Chase alleged sender Chase reported 21st April 2017

0.11% Customer Alert alleged sender Paypa1 Online reported 16th November 2014

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	3
CARDAPPROVALUSA	2
SPOOF	2
TESCO	1
SUNTRUST	1
BANK	1
INVESTIGATIO	1
FEDERAL	1
TEST@GAMB	1
TEST@GAMBLINGSALE.RU	1
NATWEST	1
CREDITCARD	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	6
YOUR	4
FROM	3
WILL	3
BANK	2
NEW	2
OPEN	2
LIMITED.	2
CREDIT	2
REMINDER:	1
LAST	1
ALERT	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
TURKEY	2
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
INDIA	1
HONG KONG	1

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