Posts Tagged ‘ mail traffic ’

Kaspersky Lab: Spam Levels Subside in 2010

Mar 24th, 2011 | By

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces the publication of its annual analytical spam report for 2010. The year 2010 saw the combined efforts of law enforcement agencies, vendors and other experts clock up a number of successes in the fight against spam. A large-scale campaign targeting spammers resulted
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Collaboration is key in 2010 as global spam levels subside

Mar 24th, 2011 | By

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces the findings of its annual analytical spam report for 2010. 2010 saw the combined efforts of law enforcement agencies, vendors and IT security experts clock up a number of successes in the fight against spam. A large-scale campaign targeting spammers resulted in
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February Figures Show Spammers Regaining Lost Ground

Mar 24th, 2011 | By

Kaspersky Lab announces the publication of its spam report for February 2011. Compared to the previous month the amount of unsolicited mail traffic increased by 1.1 percentage points and averaged 78.7%. “Spammers are gradually regaining their position following the closure of major botnets in the second half of last year, and we foresee a return
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WikiLeaks and Mega-D Botnet Case Shape December’s Spam Landscape

Jan 29th, 2011 | By

Kaspersky Lab presents its spam report for December, a month in which the spammers exploited the huge global interest in WikiLeaks as well as the more mundane theme of Christmas and New Year holidays. Kaspersky Lab’s spam analysts registered several mass mailings calling on users to spread WikiLeaks links in the name of democracy. Spammers
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October sees dramatic reduction in spam from the USA

Nov 25th, 2010 | By

According to Kaspersky Lab’s October spam report, the amount of spam in mail traffic decreased by 3.7 percentage points and averaged 77.4% for the month. Recently, there have been major changes among the top 20 sources of spam: in September India took over top spot from long-term leader the USA, and the changes continued in
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Spam in July: Facebook coming under increasing attack from phishers

Oct 8th, 2010 | By

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces the publication of its monthly report on spammer activity for July 2010. Throughout the month, the share of spam messages in mail traffic averaged 82.9%. Links to phishing sites were found in 0.03% of all email traffic. The most popular social network Facebook usurped
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June Spam Report: PayPal bears the brunt of phishing attacks

Sep 16th, 2010 | By

According to June’s spam report issued by Kaspersky Lab, PayPal is the unsurpassed leader when it comes to being targeted: in June, the number of attacks on this e-pay system rose by 20 percentage points compared to May’s figure. Facebook and HSBC swapped positions again, to become third and fourth place respectively, while the popular
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Spam in July: Facebook coming under increasing attack from phishers

Sep 1st, 2010 | By

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces the publication of its monthly report on spammer activity for July 2010. Throughout the month, the share of spam messages in mail traffic averaged 82.9%. Links to phishing sites were found in 0.03% of all email traffic. The most popular social network Facebook usurped
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June Spam Report: PayPal bears the brunt of phishing attacks

Jul 22nd, 2010 | By

According to June’s spam report issued by Kaspersky Lab, PayPal is the unsurpassed leader when it comes to being targeted: in June, the number of attacks on this e-pay system rose by 20 percentage points compared to May’s figure. Facebook and HSBC swapped positions again, to become third and fourth place respectively, while the popular
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Facebook ranks fourth in the Top 10 most popular phishing targets in the first quarter of 2010

May 12th, 2010 | By

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, has released its latest report on the evolution of spam for the first quarter of 2010 compiled by company experts Darya Gudkova, Elena Bondarenko and Maria Namestnikova. As is stated in the report, the number of phishing attacks on social networking sites has increased. Facebook
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