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Stories about: spam trend

Rate of Email Spam Containing Shortened URLs Rises Security researchers from MessageLabs, Symantec's email security arm, warn that spammers are increasingly using shortened URLs in their campaigns. Compared to the first half of 2009 when one in 1,769 spam emails contained a shortened URL, the ratio for H1 2010, was of one in 76. The trend is expected to continue... 30 July 2010 10:23 GMT Drop in .CN Spam after NIC Changes Registration Policy Security researchers point out that spam containing links to abusive .cn domains is on the decline. This trend seems to be related to new domain registration requirements recently introduced by China's Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).On December 11, CNNIC announced that a stricter registration proced... 21 December 2009 10:55 GMT