Spam up in March, says Symantec
Worldwide spam activity continued to inch upward in March, according to security company Symantec. The latest Symantec Spam report says spam levels “bounced” higher during the month, averaging 81 percent of all emails and peaking at times during the month at all-time highs of nearly 88 percent...
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The new report highlights a marked increase in bounced message spam in which spammers take advantage of mail transfer agent (MTA) programs by utilising the practice of “backscatter” to bounce massive volumes of emails to unsuspecting end users. Another trend Symantec says it observed was an increase in malicious spam spoofing and spam messages becoming more sinister, directing recipients to download a virus. Bizarre spam emails observed included a flurry of emails advertising a phone sex line. The report is available at: www.symantec.com/spam View all Announcements / Contract Listings 8/4/11_ex_h |
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