Weekly analysis - 19th October 2013 to 26th October 2013

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26-Oct-2013

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 19th October 2013 to 26th October 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 19th October 2013 to 26th October 2013

During the week we reported a total of 11 phishing scams

9 or 82% 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)

0.5% Online Customer Identification Requirements alleged sender National reported 21st October 2013

0.47% Your NatWest Card Has Been Revoked alleged sender Natwest reported 22nd October 2013

0.46% Security alert from Paypal Online alleged sender PayPal reported 22nd October 2013

0.42% LLOYDS BANK ALERT! alleged sender Lloyds Online Banking reported 21st October 2013

0.41% LLOYDS TSB ACCOUNT NOTIFICATION. alleged sender LLOYDS BANK reported 20th October 2013

0.39% Your PayPal withdrawal limit alleged sender PayPal reported 20th October 2013

0.38% NatWest Online Banking Security alleged sender NatWest reported 18th October 2013

0.34% Your online banking service has been temporarily locked alleged sender TSB Bank plc. reported 23rd October 2013

0.27% Lloyds Bank - Your account has been flagged on our database system alleged sender LLOYDS BANK reported 24th October 2013

0.26% ONE NEW MESSAGE alleged sender Barclays reported 18th October 2013

0.25% Lloyds Bank - Your account has been flagged on our database system alleged sender LLOYDS BANK reported 25th October 2013

0.24% YOUR AMAZON.CO.UK ORDER #7N:-0644934-8103229 alleged sender auto-confirm1318@amazon.co.uk reported 2nd October 2013

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
BANK	4
LLOYDS	4
PAYPAL	2
PLC.	1
SUPPORT	1
TSB	1
AOL	1
NATIONAL	1
ONLINE	1
BANKING	1
NATWEST	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOUR	5
BEEN	4
HAS	4
LLOYDS	4
BANK	3
ONLINE	3
ACCOUNT	3
DATABASE	2
SYSTEM	2
SECURITY	2
PAYPAL	2
OUR	2

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED KINGDOM	3
NETHERLANDS	2
CANADA	1
AUSTRALIA	1
FRANCE	1
POLAND	1
GREECE	1
CHINA	1

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