Symantec March 2011 State of Spam & Phishing report

Good morning,

 

This month’s Symantec State of Spam & Phishing Report is now live on Symantec.com. Within the last 15 months, it appears as though spam market shares decreased in Brazil, India, and China, and increased in Russia.

 

As forecasted in the last month’s report, the average daily spam volume did increase for the first time since August 2010. The average daily spam volume increased 8.7 percent in February month-over-month. The average daily spam volume increased 8.7 percent in February month-over-month. Overall, spam made up 80.65 percent of all messages in February, com-pared with 79.55 percent in January.

 

Overall phishing increased by 38.56 percent this month. Phishing websites created by automated toolkits increased by about 50.33 percent. Unique URLs increased by 33.73 percent, and phishing websites with IP domains decreased by about 47.22 percent.

 

The following trends are highlighted in the March 2011 report:

 

·         Examining “BRIC” for Spam

·         3D Secure Passwords for Recharging Mobile Airtime

·         Mass Phishing on Credit Card Services Brand Using Fake SSL

·         February 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_03-2011.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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