Weekly analysis - 18th May 2013 to 25th May 2013

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25-May-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 18th May 2013 to 25th 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 18th May 2013 to 25th May 2013

During the week we reported a total of 5 phishing scams

4 or 80% 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)

0.27% Ship Exception Notification alleged sender Express Service reported 16th May 2013

0.2% 💰💰💰Cialis (30 pills 20mg) USD 91.50 COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 18px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: alleged sender Canadiana Pharmacy reported 21st May 2013

0.15% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

0.13% Barclays - Account Access Blocked alleged sender Barclays reported 22nd May 2013

0.12% Update Your Account alleged sender Barclays Bank reported 31st July 2008

0.11% IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS alleged sender NatWest reported 23rd June 2012

0.11% Please sign in your USAA account, verify and update your profile immediately alleged sender USAA reported 23rd December 2005

0.11% You have 1 new Security message From Santander alleged sender Santander reported 21st May 2013

0.1% NatWest OnLine Banking Account Update. alleged sender NatWest reported 7th August 2007

0.09% FirstMerit Bank Alert Message alleged sender FirstMerit Bank reported 22nd October 2005

0.09% Your Bank of America account may have been accessed from an unauthorized computer! alleged sender Bank of America reported 15th November 2009

0.09% Barclays New Security Message Alert alleged sender BARCLAYS ONLINE BANKING reported 10th December 2011

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
BARCLAYS	2
OFFICIAL	1
TEAM	1
PHARMACY	1
CANADIANA	1
SANTANDER	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
FROM	2
ACCOUNT	2
BARCLAYS	2
MESSAGE	2
ACCESS	2
BLOCKED	2
CURSOR:	1
18PX;	1
FONT-SIZE:	1
POINTER;	1
FONT-WEIGHT:	1
BLUE;	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	3
UNITED KINGDOM	1

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