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Spam-a-lot in February

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Spam-a-lot in February

DM CONFIDENTIAL — The most recent MessageLabs Intelligence report showed that the e-mail spam rate declined slightly in February compared to the previous month, while the phishing rate saw a small increase.

The report noted that 73.3 percent of all e-mails around the world in February were spam from previously unknown bad sources, or one in 1.36 e-mails, a 1.3 percentage point decline from 74.6 percent in January. The six-month average is 74.1 percent, according to MessageLabs.

France remained the most-spammed country, with a 74.6 percent spam rate, followed by Hong Kong with a rate of 72.8 percent. Switzerland (70.0 percent), Austria (69.4 percent) and Germany (69.1 percent) also saw high spam rates in February.
The most spammed industry sectors were education (67.9 percent), marketing/media (67.9 percent), recreation (66.6 percent), non-profit (66.2 percent) and general services (65.5 percent).

MessageLabs highlighted the fact that during the first week of February, spam levels returned to pre-McColo levels for the first time since it was shut down in November.

One in 304.9 e-mails in February contained malware, according to the report, reflecting a 0.06 percent drop since January, when the global rate was one in 257.3 e-mails.

India was the hardest hit by e-mails containing viruses, with one in 197.4 e-mails there containing malware, while one in 203.6 e-mails in Germany were similarly contaminated. The rate was one in 213.3 in the U.K., one in 217.1 in Canada and one in 221.9 in Hong Kong.

Virus activity in the accommodation and catering segment was the highest (one in 95.5), followed by education (one in 98.2).
The report also noted that one in 190.4 e-mails in February included a phishing attack, a 0.27 percent increase from January.
MessageLabs also noted that 904 new malicious sites were blocked each day, a 22.1 percent decrease from January.
“Recession spam” was notable in February, containing text related to bargains and cheap items.

Valentine’s Day spam rose from being 2 percent to 3 percent of all spam to more than 9 percent in the days before the holiday.

Courtesy of DM Confidential editor

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