Weekly analysis - 25th August 2018 to 1st September 2018

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01-Sep-2018

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 25th August 2018 to 1st September 2018

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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 25th August 2018 to 1st September 2018

During the week we reported a total of 2 phishing scams

1 or 50% 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)

0.5% IMPORTANT: Restore Your Bank of America Account alleged sender Bank of America reported 30th August 2018

0.46% RE: [ Notification Alerts ] [ Update Statement Info ] We have sent an email about your information account has alleged sender Apple Support reported 30th August 2018

0.38% We noticed some significant changes to your account activities. on August 3, 2018, 1:50 am [ Tickets ID: YYCSA alleged sender PayPal lnc. reported 3rd August 2018

0.24% Your account is currently suspended alleged sender Egg Bank reported 29th March 2011

0.23% HSBC - Account Security Validation !!! alleged sender HSBC Bank plc reported 18th July 2010

0.22% Important - Action Required to AOL Account Update! alleged sender AOLAccount reported 26th June 2011

0.21% IMPORTANT Security Issues [Incident 040921] alleged sender Halifax reported 2nd July 2011

0.21% DEAR LLOYDS TSB CUSTOMER! alleged sender Lloyds TSB Bank plc reported 16th December 2010

0.18% Validate Your Account alleged sender Halifax reported 9th July 2011

0.18% Amazon Order Confirmation alleged sender Amazon Order reported 21st August 2018

0.17% A woman has already marked your current profile alleged sender AOL reported 16th January 2017

0.16% NOTICE ALERT (YOUR HALIFAX ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED) alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc reported 9th August 2010

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
AMERICA	1
BANK	1
SUPPORT	1
APPLE	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	2
YOUR	2
HAS	1
INFORMATION	1
IMPORTANT:	1
AMERICA	1
BANK	1
RESTORE	1
ABOUT	1
EMAIL	1
UPDATE	1
ALERTS	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ISRAEL	1
UNITED STATES	1

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