World's super-powers are super-spammers

A recent report from Sophos investigated the latest spam trends. It found that the level of spam has risen from 92.3% in the first three months of this year to 96.5% in June.

This “disturbing rise” in the level of spam, which is always a nuisance but sometimes malicious, is causing headaches for businesses as legitimate consumer messages are being drowned out.

But where is it all originating? The world’s shameful super-spammers are the United States and Russia, providing 14.9% and 7.5% respectively, closely followed by Turkey (6.8%) and China (5.6%), according to the report.

"Much more needs to be done to raise awareness about computer security," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "These computers are under the remote control of hackers which means they can be used not only for sending a tidalwave of spam, but also potentially steal banking details and credit card information for the purposes of identity theft."

Tags: email, spam