This
morning I spoke with the BBC News to
discuss possible explanations about why spam levels appear to be falling in
recent months. Are spammers re-grouping? Are they simply moving from
targeting email to social media? Click here
to read the full BBC News article.
In 2010,
Websense Security Labs found that 89.9% of all unwanted emails contained links
to spam sites or malicious websites —an increase of 4% over 2009. However,
there have been signs that spammers are turning to alternative methods other
than e-mail for distributing their messages - such as Facebook and Twitter. As
long as spammers can generate a profit from their activities, email spam isn’t
going away, and will continue to be spread to other
profitable areas, including social media. Check out our recent Threat
Report, for more details.
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