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Stories about: Spam activity

Valentine's Day Spam on the Rise Security researchers warn of a wave of Valentine's Day-themed spam emails hitting people's inboxes and promoting counterfeit products."It’s February, and that means Valentine’s Day-related spam. Lots of it!" warns Kaspersky Lab expert Darya Gudkova."There are already loads of adverts offering ex... 3 February 2011 03:56 GMT 86 Percent of All Emails Sent in September Were Spam According to a report from antivirus giant Symantec, spam messages amounted for over 86% of all emails sent last month. Meanwhile, the number of emails distributing malware has increased nine times since August and now represents 1.3% of all spam.Symantec's monthly State of Spam report (PDF) reveals that spam tr... 12 October 2009 04:58 GMT Severe Decrease in Spam Activity Security researchers, anti-spam groups and the whole security community in general were taken by surprise yesterday when reports of a sudden drop in junk mail activity started flowing in. This was the result of ISPs depeering McColo Corp., a U.S. based company offering web hosting services to many international cyber... 12 November 2008 05:48 GMT