Spam and Phishing

Spam in mail traffic averaged 78.9% in July 2008. A low of 66.2% was recorded on 16 July, while a high of 88.9% occurred on 11 July.

In the second quarter of 2008, the percentage of spam in mail traffic averaged 82.5%. By comparison, in the first quarter spam accounted for 88% of all emails. A high of 93.9% was recorded on April 9, with a low of 64.2% on May 3.

Kaspersky Lab experts refer to spam as anonymous unsolicited mass mailings. Most of these mailings are adverts, although several categories of spam serve other purposes. “Non-advertising” spam includes one of the most dangerous types of spam – fraudulent messages.

Anyone who’s been reading tech news lately may have noticed items about a Kris Kaspersky

Spam in mail traffic averaged 86.2% in April 2008. A low of 68.6% was recorded on 28 April, while a high of 93.9% occurred on 9 April

The percentage of spam in mail traffic is still on the rise. In the first quarter this year, spam represented an average of 88% of all mail traffic

Our annual report on malware evolution in 2007, published a few months ago, contained forecasts on how the threat landscape would evolve in 2008

Spam in mail traffic averaged 90.7% in March 2008. A low of 83.5% was recorded on 27 March, while a high of 97.8% occurred on 1 March.

The Race to Zero is not a questionable affair – no questions about it…it is unethical.

We recently got back from Panama, where we took part in a conference on cyber crime in Latin America

I love numbers…

It is more than 20 years since the first PC virus appeared. Since then, the nature of threats has changed significantly

Last night, on the eve of April Fool’s Day, we started seeing a wave of new modifications of the notorious Zhelatin worm.

Besides phishing messages, another widespread form of fraud in February were fake notifications of lottery wins and offers of free gifts.

Brazilian spam leads victims to spoofed URL on a hacked page on a legitimate website.