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US Tops World's Spam Rankings
Praneeth
Contributing Writer
2006-07-28
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Sophos: The US remains stuck at the top of the chart and is the source of 23.2 percent of the world's spam.
Its closest rivals are China and South Korea, although both of these nations have managed to reduce their statistics since Q1 2006. The vast majority of this spam is relayed by 'zombies', also known as botnet computers, hijacked by Trojan horses, worms and viruses under the control of hackers. In Spam relayed by continent, Asia tops by 40% of all spam mails.
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses, spyware and spam, has revealed that over 75% of all phishing emails are targeting users of PayPal or eBay.
Spam containing embedded images has risen sharply from 18.2 per cent in January to 35.9 per cent in June. By using images instead of text, messages are able to avoid detection by some anti-spam filters that rely on the analysis of textual spam content.
Tag: spam, zombies, botnet
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Praneeth is the author of the "Digital Media News Portal" with special focus on India.
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