Spam Analysis

Oct 09 2009 The Cash Factory This article is a study of one spam email and illustrates the methods employed by today’s cyber criminals to create botnets and conduct mass spam mailings

Oct 02 2009 Spam evolution: August 2009 Spam in mail traffic Malicious attachments and links Phishing Sources of spam on the Russian Internet Spam by category Original spam Spammer methods and tricks Conclusion Spam in mail traffic The amount of spam detected in mail traffic averaged 85.1% in August 2009. A low of 76.3% was...

Aug 25 2009 Spam evolution: January – June 2009 Spam averaged 85.5% of mail traffic over the first half of 2009. The lowest figure was 72.8% on April 26th, while the highest percentage was 93%, recorded on February 22nd. 0.3% of spam messages included malicious attachments.

Aug 11 2009 Spam evolution: July 2009 The amount of spam in mail traffic averaged 85.7% in July. A low of 80.9% was recorded on 17 July, while there was a high of 90.8% on 19 July.

Jul 23 2009 Spam evolution: June 2009 The amount of spam in mail traffic averaged 84% in June. A low of 78.3% was recorded on 12 June, while there was a high of 88.9% on 28 June.

Jun 11 2009 Spam evolution: April 2009 The amount of spam in mail traffic averaged 82.7% in April. A low of 72.8% was recorded on 26 April, while there was a high of 88.2% on 20 April

May 14 2009 Spam evolution: January - March 2009 During Q1 2009, spam accounted for 86.8% of all mail traffic which is 5% higher than the average amount of spam in 2008. However, this is not an indicator of an increase in spam in mail traffic.

Mar 12 2009 Spam evolution: February 2009 The amount of spam in mail traffic averaged 87.2%. A low of 81.4% was recorded on 20 February, while there was a high of 93% on 22 February.

Mar 02 2009 Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Spam Evolution 2008 The year 2008 was special for a number of reasons. On the one hand, the first serious steps were taken to combat spam on an international level.

Jan 11 2009 Spam Evolution: November 2008 The closure of US hosting provider McColo, which hosted the command and control centers of a number of large botnets, resulted in a sharp decline in the amount of spam in November

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