Weekly analysis - 15th June 2013 to 22nd June 2013

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22-Jun-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 15th June 2013 to 22nd June 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 15th June 2013 to 22nd June 2013

During the week we reported a total of 15 phishing scams

13 or 87% 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)

0.33% Lloyds TSB Internet Banking Account Access Suspended alleged sender Lloyds TSB reported 4th September 2008

0.28% HALIFAX ONLINE SECURITY CHECK alleged sender Halifax Online reported 17th June 2013

0.28% IMPORTANT : NATWEST PAYMENT ON HOLD alleged sender Natwest reported 19th June 2013

0.26% Please sign in your USAA account, verify and update your profile immediately alleged sender USAA reported 23rd December 2005

0.26% Important: We noticed unusual activity in your PayPal account (Ref #PP-002-424-424-762) alleged sender Microsoft reported 19th June 2013

0.23% 1 new message alleged sender NatWest reported 17th June 2013

0.22% ACCOUNT SECURITY UPGRADE alleged sender NatWest reported 19th June 2013

0.22% Notice Alert (Your Account Has Been Temporarily Suspended) alleged sender Natwest Online Banking reported 18th June 2013

0.22% ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION alleged sender Barclays Online Banking reported 16th June 2013

0.21% Please confirm your information on our database alleged sender Wal-Mart reported 8th October 2007

0.19% ACCOUNT ACCESS BLOCKED alleged sender Barclays Online reported 16th June 2013

0.18% Your Account Has Been Suspended alleged sender Alliance&Leicester/Santander reported 20th June 2013

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ONLINE	5
NATWEST	4
BANKING	3
BARCLAYS	3
ALLIANCE&LEICESTER/SANTANDER	2
AMERICA	1
PAYPAL	1
BANK	1
ALERT	1
CUSTOMERSERVICES@MICROSOFT.COM	1
HALIFAX	1
MICROSOFT	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ACCOUNT	9
YOUR	5
NOTIFICATION	3
PAYPAL	2
SECURITY	2
HAS	2
BEEN	2
NEW	2
IMPORTANT	2
WE'VE	1
PUT	1
E-MAIL	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	3
SWITZERLAND	2
CANADA	1
UNITED KINGDOM	1
FRANCE	1
LITHUANIA	1
NETHERLANDS	1
AUSTRALIA	1
TURKEY	1
COSTA RICA	1

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