The state of Spam report: March

The button with an emblem of an antispam on the keyboard.Symantec has just released the latest state of spam report, you can find it here.  As ever, it makes for interesting reading. The bad news is that spam levels continue to drift upwards, reaching 86%. However, the good news, such as it is, is that it is not at the 90% levels that we saw,prior to the McColo takedown  at the end of last year. Last month presented a rich opportunity for the spammers, with Valentine’s Day, The Oscars and the on-going bad economic environment: maybe 86% wasn’t too bad a result?

What was noteworthy was the arrival of ‘green spam’. Yes, the spammers are jumping on the going green bandwagon. We are seeing spam that promises to lower your monthly bills by implementing a variety of green initiatives. I suppose we shouldn’t have expected anything less from them.

March 19, 2009 | Filed Under Spam 

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