Weekly analysis - 29th February 2020 to 7th March 2020

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07-Mar-2020

MillerSmiles provides its weekly phishing analysis for the week of 29th February 2020 to 7th March 2020

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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 29th February 2020 to 7th March 2020


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)

0.52% AOL MAIL alleged sender AOL MAIL reported 3rd March 2020

0.45% AOL TECHNICAL SUPPORT alleged sender AOL SERVICE AOL SERVICE reported 2nd March 2020

0.34% Security Alert ! alleged sender Services Aide reported 5th March 2020

0.34% AOL ACCOUNT TERMINATION!!! alleged sender AOL Customer Support (AOLCusto reported 28th February 2020

0.32% AOL TECHNICAL SUPPORT alleged sender AOL SERVICE AOL SERVICE reported 27th February 2020

0.32% AOL alleged sender AOL Customer Service reported 6th March 2020

0.29% Action Required - System/Security Upgrade alleged sender AOL Mail (Security) reported 26th February 2020

0.23% (rgwalker99@aol.com) Account Shutdown Notification alleged sender Mail Service reported 3rd February 2020

0.2% ACTION REQUIRED: AOL OATH Terms margin-left:25px;visibility:visible;" alleged sender Customer Service reported 26th February 2020

0.2% FINAL NOTICE: YOUR AOL ACCOUNT WILL BE DISABLED IN 7 DAYS alleged sender AOL Mail reported 27th January 2020

0.19% YOU HAVE MASSAGES ON HOLD DUE TO AOL SECURITY UPDATE alleged sender AOL Mail reported 18th February 2020

0.19% UPDATE alleged sender .Aol. reported 20th February 2020

 

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	4
SERVICE	3
CUSTOMER	1
AIDE	1
MAIL	1
SERVICES	1

 

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

Keyword	Frequency
AOL	3
ALERT	1
SECURITY	1
SUPPORT	1
TECHNICAL	1
MAIL	1

Top 12 countries hosting phishing sites in this last week's phishing scam archive

Keyword	Frequency
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	3
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1

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