Spam

15 Aug   Spam News

Spam in Q2 2012: tough going for spammers in these straitened times

The proportion of spam in mail traffic continued to fall in Q2 2012, averaging 74.3%

19 Jul   Spam News

Spam in June: noticeable drop in unsolicited mail

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

14 Jun   Spam News

Spam in May 2012: Made in China

In the last month of spring we saw a further reduction in the amount of spam found in email traffic: its share was down 3.4 percentage points, and fell to its lowest point since the start of the year – 73.8%. However users face all the risks associated with malware attachments and other fraudsters’ tricks

17 May   Spam News

Spam in April 2012: Junk Mail Gathers Pace in the US

Kaspersky Lab’s monthly report on spammer activity shows the proportion of spam in email traffic was up 2.2 percentage points in April compared to the previous month and averaged 77.2%

15 May   Spam News

Spam in Q1 2012: A Marathon of Holidays

The first quarter of the year was littered with holidays and, of course, spammers tried to make the most of it. Be it Valentine’s Day, International Women’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day or Easter – it seems there’s no holiday that won’t get a spammer working overtime

19 Apr   Spam News

Spam in March 2012: Crusade Against Spammers Yields Results

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

20 Mar   Spam News

Spam in February 2012: Spammers Have Holidays Too

In February, spammers continued with their January mass-mailings devoted to St Valentine’s Day. The numbers of unsolicited valentines peaked on February 12 at 0.2% of all spam messages

01 Mar   Spam News

Spam in 2011: less is more dangerous

The trend of recent years continued in 2011, with a further reduction in the amount of spam in email traffic

24 Feb   Spam News

Spam in January 2012: Love, Politics and Sport

The main topics exploited in spam mailings in January were Valentine’s Day, elections in Russia and the USA as well as the upcoming London Olympics

12 Jan   Spam News

Cupones descuento que pueden salir muy caros

Groupon, Ofertix o Descontalia son algunas de las empresas especializadas en ofrecer estos cupones en España. En vistas del éxito obtenido, los spammers comienzan a usar la misma estrategia en sus correos