New spam, new tricks

by John Evelyn on December 6, 2007

Symantec’s latest Spam report is out and reveals some interesting trends:

  • Spam accounts for 70.5 percent of all email traffic
  • Spammers are playing on green issues: “Click away the Carbon” is a typical scam
  • MP3 audio spam is also on the rise – this gets around many spam filters
  • Fraud and scams account for 18% of all spam

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