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Spam Nation

By LIFS September 22, 2011 at 2:13 AM

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Nearly 1 in 7 spam messages originate in India, according to report by Kaspersky Lab. Malicious attachments, often designed to steal users’ financial date, were highest in Russia and the United States.

“Developing countries are attractive for botmasters due to the absence of effective anti-spam legislation and low IT security levels, while developed countries are of interest because of their fast, widely available Internet connections,” said Darya Gudkova, head of Content Analysis & Research at Kaspersky Lab.

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Guest September 22, 2011 at 7:33 PM

So what do we do next about malicious spam? Proofpoint - one of the Gartner MQ leaders in email security - wrote about a very similar topic: <a href="http://channelblog.proofpoint.com/proofpoint-channel-blog/2011/09/the-volume-of-spam-is-clearly-on-the-decline-and-the-nuisance-has-been-lessoned-ive-certainly-seen-a-lot-less-rolex-ads.html">"When Spam Turns Malicious - What's next?"</a>