Most Phished Brands – January 2010

Next in our statistic series is the “Most Phished Brands” analysis. Paypal is still the phishing target number one – with a big distance to the next ranks. In January 2010, the most phished brands were:

#	Brand	%	Deviation from December 2009 in %
1	Paypal	61.89	-39.15
2	HSBC Bank	8.59	-17.41
3	Bank of America	6.09	40.85
4	Others	5.69	100.00
5	Ebay	5.48	-539.00
6	Facebook	2.29	-1821.33
7	Abbey Bank	1.69	-120.72
8	Chase Bank	1.63	-370.09
9	Banco Poste Italiane	1.48	28.87
10	Alliance Leicester	1.36	-46.07
11	Western Union	1.01	95.45
12	Citibank	0.82	50.00
13	CartaSi	0.60	23.08
14	Star	0.56	21.62
15	National Australia Bank	0.47	-132.26
16	Lloyds	0.35	26.09

Sorted by deviation per brand:

#	Brand name	%
1	Others	100.00
2	Western Union	95.45
3	Citibank	50.00
4	Bank of America	40.85
5	Banco Poste Italiane	28.87
6	Lloyds	26.09
7	CartaSi	23.08
8	Star	21.62
9	HSBC Bank	-17.41
10	Paypal	-39.15
11	Alliance Leicester	-46.07
12	Abbey Bank	-120.72
13	National Australia Bank	-132.26
14	Chase Bank	-370.09
15	Ebay	-539.00
16	Facebook	-1821.33

We also have a pie chart to better visualize the fractions of the brands.

Sorin Mustaca
Manager International Software Development

Dirk Knop
Technical Editor