IT security giant Kaspersky has released
its spam report for October 2013. According to the company, the
percentage of spam in email traffic increased by 6.6%.
This isn’t really surprising considering that holidays such as Halloween
always represent a good opportunity for spammers. In addition,
Christmas-themed spam has also started making the rounds.
Scammers leveraged the conflict in Syria in an effort to trick unsuspecting users into sending them money. In October, China continued to be the number one source of spam, followed by the US, South Korea, Taiwan and Russia.
It turns out that 0.027% of the global spam traffic observed last month
represented phishing emails. Social media websites continue to be the
most targeted, followed by email and instant messaging services, search
engines, and financial companies. source
Title : Kaspersky Publishes Spam Report for October 2013
Description : IT security giant Kaspersky has released its spam report for October 2013. According to the company, the percentage of spam in email tr...