Weekly analysis - 31st May 2014 to 7th June 2014

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07-Jun-2014

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 31st May 2014 to 7th June 2014

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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 31st May 2014 to 7th June 2014

During the week we reported a total of 15 phishing scams

12 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)

0.7% You have a new message. 208.43.198.157 alleged sender paypal reported 1st August 2011

0.58% PAYPAL ISSUE ; INFORMATIONS REQUIRED alleged sender PayPal reported 1st June 2014

0.57% PAYPAL ISSUE ; INFORMATIONS REQUIRED alleged sender PayPal reported 2nd June 2014

0.55% LOCKED OUT OF SAINSBURY’S ONLINE BANKING alleged sender Sainsburysbank.co.uk reported 1st June 2014

0.52% LOCKED OUT OF SAINSBURY’S ONLINE BANKING alleged sender Sainsburysbank.co.uk reported 2nd June 2014

0.51% SOME INFORMATION ON YOUR ACCOUNT APPEARS TO BE MISSING OR INCORRECT alleged sender Apple Inc reported 3rd June 2014

0.49% LOCKED OUT OF SAINSBURY’S ONLINE BANKING alleged sender Sainsburysbank.co.uk reported 3rd June 2014

0.47% Status - Account Limited alleged sender PayPal reported 31st May 2014

0.45% Account Update Alert: alleged sender Halifax Bank Plc ; reported 31st May 2014

0.43% APPLE STORE PURCHASE CONFIRMATION. alleged sender Apple Europe reported 2nd June 2014

0.42% ICS2200121: Uw account is geblokkeerd alleged sender National reported 31st May 2014

0.41% Access to Online Banking Service. alleged sender NatWest reported 3rd June 2014

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
APPLE	4
SAINSBURYSBANK.CO.UK	3
NATWEST	2
PAYPAL	2
INC	1
BARCLAYS	1
CENTER	1
TALKTALK-BROADBAND	1
EUROPE	1
NATIONAL	1
MAIL	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
ONLINE	6
BANKING	5
YOUR	5
ACCOUNT	5
BEEN	3
LOCKED	3
HAS	3
APPLE	3
OUT	3
SAINSBURY’S	3
PAYPAL	2
ISSUE	2

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	7
UNITED KINGDOM	4
HUNGARY	2
CANADA	1
CHINA	1

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