MessageLabs Intelligence has observed the amount of spam sent out from webmail accounts is changing. At the start of November 2009, webmail-generated spam accounted for about 0.5% of the total blocked spam, then one month later it increased to 1%, followed by a steady drop over the rest of the measurement period with the exception of some spikes.
According to a MessageLabs Intelligence Special Report on the most spammed suburbs/cities in Australia, the ACT was the most spammed state/territory in Australia during June, with levels reaching 91.4% – well above the national average of 88.5%.
Symantec Corp. today announced the publication of its June 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis reveals that the percentage of spam related to football and soccer keywords since March 2010 has approached 25 percent of all global spam in the build-up to the FIFA World Cup.
URLs in spam increase; New African internet attracts spam botnets
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 26, 2010– Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the publication of its May 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis reveals that nine out of ten spam emails now contain a URL link in the message. In May, five percent of [...]
Symantec Corp. announces the publication of its April 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report.
Symantec Corp. today announced it has rolled out enhancements to the Symantec Hosted Services global partner program.
Symantec Corp. today announced the publication of its March 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report.
Symantec Corp. today announced the publication of its February 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis reveals a surge in spam levels in February to 89.4 percent, an increase of 5.5 percent since January mostly due to an increase in spam emanating from the Grum and Rustock botnets.
Symantec Hosted Services has launched a new suite of promotional product bundles, called Safeguard bundles. These bundles are available to MessageLabs™ reseller partners in Australia and New Zealand to help solve the email, web and instant messaging (IM) security challenges facing mid-sized business customers.
Targeted Attacks Now Using Bredolab Malware – blog by Tony Millington (Malware Operations Engineer, Symantec Hosted Services), with contributions from Dan Bleaken (Malware Data Analyst, Symantec Hosted Services)
Monday, July 19, 2010
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