The amount of spam has increased by 10% between May and July
The latest report by email security in August 2010 issued by a security specialist at the German entry “one time” that having been constant for the first part of the year (2010), the amount of spam has increased by 10% From May 2010 to July 2010th With a share of 96th 4% of the total volume of mail, spam is at record levels. Spammers leaders in July 2010 were the U.S., followed by Brazil and India. Germany dropped to seventh place. The company says that for the first time in June 2010, teams consisting of eleven found spam that uses a new trick to avoid spam filters. For example, when the recipient clicks on the attached file in HTML format for e-mail, start a JavaScript that redirects the user to the malicious page and open it in your browser. The latest report also notes that drug companies e-mail still rules, especially those that promote drugs for erectile dysfunction. These e-mail accounted for the largest share of pharmaceutical spam in July 2010 to 73rd 1%. Casino of spam, which disappeared in the spring of 2010, after the closure of many botnets, once again resurface. In July 2010 increase in spam advertising casino solution 16th 2% in July. 2%% in June 2010 and May 3, 2010 only. spam campaigns to copy watches remain in third place with 5%. In the case of malware, malware, the number of emails to rise. With only represented 0th 1% of total email volume in May 2010, rose to 0. 4% in July 2010. Most of this increase can be traced back to the Trojan Sasfis, which circulate mainly through e-mail disguised as messages from the courier and parcel services. The new report says Sasfis variants contributed 71st 8% of all malware in July 2010. In addition to spam and malware, the report of the last eleven highlights phishing. Phishing attacks are increasingly focused on online payment service, PayPal to be the main target. In June 2010, 96th 1% of phishing emails identified by eleven PayPal related. July (2010) witnessed the extra mail that tried to push credit cards.
