- 22 Mar
Spam News
After a lull of several months spammers stepped up their activity in February. According to Kaspersky Lab data, the proportion of spam in email traffic grew by nearly 13 percentage points and averaged 71% for the month, higher than the average for January and the last three months of 2012
- 21 Jan
Spam News
Abingdon, UK, January 21st, 2013 – According to Kaspersky Lab data, the share of spam in email traffic decreased steadily throughout 2012 to hit a five-year low. The average for the year stood at 72.1 per cent - 8.2 per cent points less than in 2011. Such a prolonged and substantial decrease in spam levels is unprecedented.The main reason behind the decline in spam volume is heightened level of anti-spam protection. Spam filters are now active on just about every email system, even those which are free. Many email providers have also introduced mandatory DKIM signature policies (digital signatures that verify the domain from which emails are sent). Another factor behind falling levels of spam is inexpensive advertising on legal platforms. With the emergence of Web 2.0, advertising opportunities on the internet have skyrocketed thanks to banners, context-based advertising, and ads on social networks and blogs.
Percentage of spam in mail trafficIn spite of a drop in the overall percentage of spam in mail traffic, the proportion of emails with malicious attachments fell to 3.4 per cent. This is a large proportion, considering the number only represents emails with malicious attachments and disregards other spam emails containing links to malicious websites.
- 13 Nov
Spam News
Kaspersky Lab analysts continue to observe a downward trend in the share of spam in total mail traffic
- 23 Aug
Spam News
Against a continuing backdrop of falling spam levels, Kaspersky Lab noted a 50% rise in the number of emails containing malicious files
- 15 Aug
Spam News
The proportion of spam in mail traffic continued to fall in Q2 2012, averaging 74.3%
- 26 Jul
Spam News
The proportion of spam in email traffic continued its gradual decline in June, falling a further two percentage points compared to May and averaging 71.9% for the month
- 25 Jun
Spam News
In May 2012 Kaspersky Lab saw another reduction in the amount of spam found in email traffic
- 18 May
Spam News
Kaspersky Lab’s monthly report identified the proportion of spam in email traffic was up 2.2 percentage points in April 2012 compared to the previous month and averaged 77.2 per cent
- 16 May
Spam News
Please see below the findings from Kaspersky Lab’s Q1 2012 spam report
- 23 Apr
Spam News
In March Kaspersky Lab experts, together with their colleagues from other organizations specializing in IT security, succeeded in closing down the latest version of the notorious Hlux/Kelihos botnet
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