Weekly analysis - 15th June 2019 to 22nd June 2019

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22-Jun-2019

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 15th June 2019 to 22nd June 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 15th June 2019 to 22nd June 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)

0.8% Update!!! alleged sender AT&T reported 1st February 2019

0.42% @2019 AOL OATH Member Policy & Privacy Update alleged sender AOL OATH Policy Change reported 16th June 2019

0.42% WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT CBD? alleged sender =?UTF-8?Q?ESSENTIAL CBD EXTRAC reported 22nd June 2019

0.38% Account Review alleged sender AOL : Oath Team reported 17th June 2019

0.37% - Amazon - your friend with benefits. Get yours now alleged sender Client service reported 19th June 2019

0.21% Microsoft Outlook Deactivation Notification alleged sender Microsft Hotmail reported 11th April 2019

0.2% SECURITY ALERT : ACCOUNT LOCKED. alleged sender HSBC reported 31st December 2018

0.19% Termination Request For Your Hotmail Outlook Account alleged sender Microsoft Outlook reported 9th June 2019

0.19% kaminanga, The package THLBT-222034-LRHA could not be delivered alleged sender FEDEX 03675743634137@036757436 reported 25th May 2019

0.19% RE : Your account Apple ID has been locked. Please update information your Apple account Case ID alleged sender Apple reported 19th January 2019

0.19% 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

0.18% Bank of America Alert: Unusual debit card activity detected alleged sender Bank of America reported 2nd April 2019

Top 12 keywords in the apparent sender in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
AOL	2
OATH	2
=?UTF-8?Q?ESSENTIAL	1
EXTRAC	1
SERVICE	1
CBD	1
TEAM	1
POLICY	1
CHANGE	1
CLIENT	1

Top 12 keywords in the subject line in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
YOURS	1
GET	1
BENEFITS.	1
WITH	1
NOW	1
WHY	1
CBD?	1
ABOUT	1
TALKING	1
EVERYONE	1
FRIEND	1
YOUR	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive
Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES	2
NETHERLANDS	2

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