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Weekly analysis - 2nd February 2019 to 9th February 2019

Weekly analysis - 2nd February 2019 to 9th February 2019


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09-Feb-2019

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 2nd February 2019 to 9th February 2019

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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 2nd February 2019 to 9th February 2019


During the week we reported a total of 4 phishing scams

4 or 100% 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% Amazon Order Confirmation Pending alleged sender Amazon Order reported 3rd February 2019

  • 0.31% Account Notification alleged sender WellsFargo-Bank reported 3rd February 2019

  • 0.19% Important message for Steve alleged sender Tesco reported 3rd February 2019

  • 0.16% Amazon Order Confirmation Pending alleged sender Amazon Order reported 4th February 2019

  • 0.12% Amazon Order Confirmation Pending alleged sender Amazon Order reported 1st February 2019

  • 0.12% Update!!! alleged sender AT&T reported 1st February 2019

  • 0.1% AOL Mail (New Terms) alleged sender Review Update reported 30th January 2019

  • 0.09% ACH NOTICE OF CHANGE [SECURE] alleged sender Chase reported 30th January 2019

  • 0.08% Re : [ Status Updater] Your receipt from Netflix. - Mon, Oct 22, 2018. - Document Purchase: - Recibo : alleged sender Netflix Account reported 22nd October 2018

  • 0.08% RE: Reminder : [ New Statement Report ] We received a request code for reset password to your email result on alleged sender Apple reported 28th January 2019

  • 0.08% Re: [ Statement Update ] [ Mail Important ] Reminder: Important Alert Your Apple ID Account was sign in to alleged sender Apple Support reported 17th December 2018

  • 0.08% SECURITY ALERT : ACCOUNT LOCKED. alleged sender HSBC reported 31st December 2018

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

    Keyword Frequency
    AMAZON 2
    ORDER 2
    WELLSFARGO-BANK 1
    TESCO 1

     

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

    Keyword Frequency
    AMAZON 2
    CONFIRMATION 2
    PENDING 2
    ORDER 2
    ACCOUNT 1
    NOTIFICATION 1
    STEVE 1
    IMPORTANT 1
    MESSAGE 1
    FOR 1
    Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

    Keyword Frequency
    UNITED STATES 4

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