A Kaspersky Lab report details share of spam in total e-mail traffic for 2012.
Kaspersky Lab says the slump in spam
volume is due to improved anti-spam protection in e-mail systems and
implementation of DKIM signature policies that verifies the domain from
which e-mails are sent. The slump is also due to availability of
affordable advertising on legal platforms.
The proportion of e-mails with malicious
attachments was very less though as such e-mails had 3.4 percent share.
The data ranks China as the top source for spamming, as it accounts for
19.5 percent of all spam mails. India ranks third behind the U.S. with
9.7 percent. Overall, Asia accounted more than half of the world's spam.
The report says India is among top
target for phishing sites as the country ranks sixth. The list is
however dominated by developed countries.
Source: Business Today
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