Symantec has reported that Twitter is being used as bait to phish personal information: “Spammers habitually exploit the reputations of brands for their benefit. As more and more people become connected through social networking sites, it is no surprise that the trust and reputation earned by these websites is misused by spammers. We are monitoring [...]
100 known spam operations responsible for 80% of spam, world’s Top 10 worst spammers
May 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From time to time, we check on the Spamhaus Project on its weekly reports on the world’s ten worst spammers, spam origin by country, and ISPs. According to the Spamhaus Project, 100 known spam operations are responsible for 80% of spam received by internet users in North America and Europe. As at 8 May 2009, [...]
Image spams push levels to nineteen month high
May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Spam levels reached nineteen month high as image spams continue to flood emails. This is the highlight of the MessageLabs April 2009 report released this week. The report noted that with image spams making a comeback, spam levels were 85.3% in April, an increase of 9.6% over the previous month. During April, there were also [...]
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