Weekly analysis - 17th June 2017 to 24th June 2017

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24-Jun-2017

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 17th June 2017 to 24th June 2017

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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 17th June 2017 to 24th June 2017

During the week we reported a total of 9 phishing scams

8 or 89% 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)

0.98% BANK OF AMERICA NOTIFICATION : ONLINE BANKING VERIFICATION alleged sender Bank of America reported 14th June 2017

0.56% Your Online Account Activity Alert alleged sender Tesco Bank reported 12th June 2017

0.45% Tristam hates trap? alleged sender spoof reported 12th June 2017

0.32% IMPORTANT SECURITY INFORMATION alleged sender NatWest reported 21st June 2017

0.28% ALERT : ACTION REQUIRED alleged sender PayPal Support reported 22nd June 2017

0.23% Loxinfo: You a Pending Notification. alleged sender CS Loxinfo reported 22nd June 2017

0.2% NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT (ROUTING CODE: C 826-L 003-Q190-T1830) alleged sender PayPal reported 24th June 2017

0.16% SECURITY UPDATE: You have unread secured message alleged sender Wells Fargo reported 23rd June 2017

0.15% Why is my account access limited? alleged sender PayPal reported 23rd June 2017

0.14% Security upgrade alleged sender TalkTalk reported 23rd June 2017

0.1% Your Order with Amazon.com alleged sender AUTO-CONFIRM@AMAZON.COM reported 8th October 2012

0.08% Customer Alert alleged sender Paypa1 Online reported 16th November 2014

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
PAYPAL	3
FARGO	2
WELLS	2
BANK	1
AFRICA	1
UBA	1
UNITED	1
LOXINFO	1
TALKTALK	1
NATWEST	1
SUPPORT	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
SECURITY	4
YOU	3
UNREAD	2
HAVE	2
MESSAGE	2
ACCOUNT	2
NOTIFICATION	2
UPDATE:	2
YOUR	2
SECURED	2
PAYPAL	1
INFORMATION	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	5
UNITED KINGDOM	1
CANADA	1
SINGAPORE	1
SPAIN	1

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