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November 22, 2013October saw spammers exploiting the themes of upcoming holidays, the names of well-known telecommunication service providers and the conflict in Syria.
November 8, 2013The percentage of spam in total email traffic during the third quarter of the year came to 68.3%, down 2.4 percentage points from the second quarter.
October 31, 2013The ongoing conflict and complex political situation in Syria have created the perfect conditions for new ‘Nigerian’ scams.
September 24, 2013In August, unsolicited emails made up 67.6% of all global email traffic, according to Kaspersky Lab figures.
August 6, 2013In Q2 the percentage of spam in total email traffic increased by 4.2% from the first quarter of 2013 and came to 70.7%
June 25, 2013In May, the percentage of spam in email traffic was down 2.5 percentage points and averaged 69.7%
May 9, 2013 According to Kaspersky Lab’s spam report, in Q1 2013, the amount of unsolicited correspondence in email traffic grew slightly (+0.53 percentage points) and averaged 66.55%. The increase in the proportion of emails with malicious attachments was also...
April 19, 2013After a sharp increase in spam volumes in February, the first month of spring saw the flow of junk mail stabilize at a level of 70.1%
March 22, 2013 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 22, 2013According to Kaspersky Lab data, the share of spam in email traffic decreased steadily throughout 2012 to hit a five-year low
December 22, 2012Kaspersky Lab data shows the share of spam in mail traffic fell sharply in November to 62.9% - a decrease of over five percentage points compared to October’s average
November 24, 2012 According to Kaspersky Lab data, the percentage of spam in email traffic was down 4.5 percentage points from September and averaged 68% - the lowest level it has been all year. The danger posed by spam, however, remains high: malicious files were...
November 14, 2012Kaspersky Lab analysts continue to observe a downward trend in the share of spam in total mail traffic
October 25, 2012According to Kaspersky Lab data, in September the percentage of spam in email traffic grew by 2.3 percentage points from August and averaged 72.5%
September 26, 2012According to Kaspersky Lab’s spam report, in August the percentage of spam in email traffic continued to go down and averaged 70.2%, a decrease of 1.6 percentage points from July.
September 26, 2012According to Kaspersky Lab’s spam report, in August the percentage of spam in email traffic continued to go down and averaged 70.2%, a decrease of 1.6 percentage points from July.
August 23, 2012Against a continuing backdrop of falling spam levels, Kaspersky Lab noted a 50% rise in the number of emails containing malicious files
August 16, 2012The proportion of spam in mail traffic continued to fall in Q2 2012, averaging 74.3%
July 20, 2012The 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
June 15, 2012 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...
May 18, 2012Kaspersky 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%
May 16, 2012 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...
April 20, 2012In 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
March 21, 2012In 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