Weekly analysis - 4th May 2013 to 11th May 2013

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11-May-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 4th May 2013 to 11th May 2013

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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 May 2013 to 11th May 2013

During the week we reported a total of 12 phishing scams

7 or 58% 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% Halifax Bank Notification - This is your official notification alleged sender Halifax Bank PLC reported 23rd July 2009

0.17% Mail Update! alleged sender BT Yahoo! reported 5th May 2013

0.15% Banco HSBC Brasil S.A - Atualizacao de Seguranca ! (ID59698701) alleged sender HSBC reported 6th May 2013

0.14% MBNA : Credit Card Security ! alleged sender MBNA reported 7th May 2013

0.14% IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS alleged sender NatWest reported 23rd June 2012

0.14% Mail Exception Notification alleged sender First-Class Mail Service reported 2nd May 2013

0.13% Are Glasses Good for our eyes - The Dangers of a Lie alleged sender DukePeterson reported 6th May 2013

0.11% Logistics Exception Notification alleged sender Shipping Service reported 1st May 2013

0.11% AOL CHALLENGE alleged sender AOL reported 7th May 2013

0.1% Your vodafone account security alleged sender Vodafone reported 3rd May 2013

0.09% Important Security Update alleged sender Yahoo! reported 3rd May 2013

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YAHOO!	3
LLOYDSTSB	2
FIRST	1
DIRECT	1
HELPDESK@FIRSTDIR	1
¸R¼}WIN7ªº®à¥¬¦Û°Ê´«¶Ü?²{¦B§Aª	1
BANKING	1
PERSONAL	1
DUKEPETERSON	1
HSBC	1
MBNA	1
AOL	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SECURITY	3
ACCOUNT	2
THE	2
REVIEW	2
LLOYDSTSB	2
AOL	1
NEW	1
MESSAGE	1
UPDATE	1
CHALLENGE	1
YAHOO!	1
ANTI]IMPORTANT	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	6
ROMANIA	1
FRANCE	1
ARGENTINA	1
GERMANY	1
THAILAND	1

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