Weekly analysis - 11th May 2013 to 18th May 2013

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18-May-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 11th May 2013 to 18th 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 11th May 2013 to 18th May 2013

During the week we reported a total of 10 phishing scams

5 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)

0.15% Ship Exception Notification alleged sender Express Service reported 16th May 2013

0.14% Your account has been limited until we hear from you alleged sender PayPal reported 11th May 2013

0.11% RECEIPT FOR YOUR PAYMENT TO SALES@SKYPE.COM alleged sender PayPal reported 18th April 2011

0.11% New Message alleged sender Barclays Bank Plc reported 13th May 2013

0.11% *** CACTUS *** Verify My NatWest Account alleged sender NatWest Online Banking reported 13th May 2013

0.11% Urgent Customer Security Warning: Java Vulnerability alleged sender Warning reported 15th May 2013

0.1% Account Access Blocked alleged sender Barclays Personal Banking reported 12th May 2013

0.09% Urgent Customer Security Warning: Java Vulnerability alleged sender Warning reported 13th May 2013

0.08% You Have One New Message alleged sender O2 reported 15th May 2013

0.08% A new document has arrived in Online Banking. alleged sender Santander Online reported 11th February 2012

0.08% HSBC Bank Account Disabled alleged sender HSBC Bank reported 19th May 2006

0.07% Notice Alert(Enable Your Hsbc Account) alleged sender Hsbc Bank Plc reported 14th June 2010

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SERVICE	3
BARCLAYS	2
ONLINE	2
WARNING	2
BANKING	2
CHASE	1
EXPRESS	1
PLC	1
PERSONAL	1
BANK	1
NATWEST	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	3
NEW	3
MESSAGE	3
ACCESS	2
***	2
URGENT	2
VULNERABILITY	2
JAVA	2
CUSTOMER	2
WARNING:	2
SECURITY	2
HAS	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
ITALY	1
UKRAINE	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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