Weekly analysis - 20th July 2013 to 27th July 2013

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27-Jul-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 20th July 2013 to 27th July 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 20th July 2013 to 27th July 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)

0.35% Santander Online banking customer support desk alleged sender Santander Bank reported 24th July 2013

0.35% UPGRADE YOUR SECURITY SYSTEM. alleged sender Nationwide reported 22nd July 2013

0.31% Online Security Measure alleged sender Amazon reported 22nd July 2013

0.3% TECHNICAL SECURITY ERROR alleged sender Lloyds reported 23rd July 2013

0.3% [Bulk] Email Security Alert alleged sender Email Support reported 24th July 2013

0.28% Virgin Media Team alleged sender Virgin Media reported 21st July 2013

0.28% Your payment to Ebay.com INC. alleged sender PayPal reported 21st July 2013

0.27% CONTACT WESTERN UNION FOR YOUR PAYMENT alleged sender Western Union reported 25th July 2013

0.18% Secure Alert alleged sender RHB Group reported 19th July 2013

0.16% BANK OF AMERICA ALERT: ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNT VERIFICATION alleged sender Bank of America reported 18th July 2013

0.14% NatWest - Unlock Your Account. alleged sender NatWest Bank Plc reported 4th September 2012

0.13% CHASE ONLINE : IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERTS. alleged sender Chase reported 17th July 2013

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword Frequency

GROUP 2
1
RHB 1
UNION 1
LLOYDSTSB 1
ONLINE 1
TEAM 1
NAT-WEST 1
MICROSOFT 1
WESTERN 1
BANK 1

NATIONWIDE 1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword Frequency

YOUR 4
SECURITY 4
ALERT 3
PAYMENT 3
ACCOUNT 3
ONLINE 2
MAINTAINANCE 1
YOU 1
FOR 1
WESTERN 1
UNION 1

HAVE 1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword Frequency

UNITED STATES 6
GERMANY 2
SINGAPORE 1
AUSTRALIA 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1
UNITED KINGDOM 1

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