Symantec April 2011 State of Spam & Phishing report


Good morning,

 

This month’s Symantec State of Spam & Phishing Report is now live on Symantec.com. Rustock was shut down on March 16, 2011, which had a dramatic impact on the global spam volume this month.

 

After increasing 8.7 percent last month, the average daily spam volume fell 27.43 percent in March. Overall, spam made up 74.68 percent of all messages in March, compared with 80.65 percent in February

 

The overall phishing landscape decreased by 22.71 percent this month. Phishing websites created by automated toolkits decreased by about 41.54 percent, while unique URLs decreased by 14.02 percent. Webhosting services comprised of 13 percent of all phishing, a decrease of 22.31 percent from the previous month. The number of non-English phishing sites saw a huge decrease by 58.22 percent. Among non-English phishing sites Portuguese, Italian and Spanish were the highest in March.

 

The following trends are highlighted in the April 2011 report:

 

·         Rustock Shutdown

·         Spammers’ Take on the Earthquake in Japan

·         Phishers Have No Mercy for Japan

·         Fake Donations for New Zealand Earthquake Victims

·         March 2011: Spam Subject Line Analysis

 

For more information about this report or to speak with a Symantec spokesperson, feel free to contact me.

To view the full report, please visit the following link:

 

State of Spam & Phishing

http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/other_resources/b-state_of_spam_and_phishing_report_04-2011.en-us.pdf

 

Best,

Elana

 

Elana Ziluk

Account Coordinator | MAVERICK Public Relations

(416) 640-5525 x 243 | 37 Madison Avenue | Toronto | M5R 2S2

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