AplusWebMaster
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FYI…
- http://www.messagelabs.com/resources/press/6418
October 30, 2007 - "…The new data reveals that spammers have introduced MP3 music files into the expanding toolbox of stock spam techniques, with 15 million emails shaping the first spam run. Use of MP3 files is the latest tactic designed to sneak messages past spam filters and ultimately control the value of stock for nefarious reasons. On October 17, MessageLabs intercepted the first copies of an estimated 15 million email spam run which lasted 36 hours and used StormWorm infected computers to disseminate the emails…
Other report highlights:
Web Security: Analysis shows that 45.9 percent of all web based malware intercepted was new in October. MessageLabs identified approximately 1,100 -new- sites per day which harbored malware, an increase of 63 percent compared to September levels. Gambling sites appeared back in the top ten of policy-based filtering triggers and rouse to fourth place for large enterprises.
Spam: In October, the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and unknown bad sources, for which the recipient addresses were deemed valid, was 74.5 percent (1 in 1.34 emails), an increase of 1.0 percent on the previous month.
Viruses: This month, the global ratio of email-born viruses in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources destined for valid recipients, was 1 in 161.5 emails (0.62 percent) in October, a decrease of 1.43 percent since the previous month. This decline is almost certainly linked with the fall in the number of Storm Worm related emails, particularly active in August and September. This takes the email virus rate to the lowest level since April 2007 when virus traffic accounted for 1 in 145.5 emails.
Phishing: October saw a decrease of 0.57 percent in the proportion of phishing attacks with one in 174.0 emails comprised of some form of phishing attack. Viewed as a proportion of all email-borne threats such as viruses and trojans, the number of phishing emails has risen by 36.8 percent to 92.8 percent of the malware threats intercepted in October, the highest level on record…
The full report is available at http://www.messagelabs.com/intelligence.aspx …"
- http://www.messagelabs.com/resources/press/6418
October 30, 2007 - "…The new data reveals that spammers have introduced MP3 music files into the expanding toolbox of stock spam techniques, with 15 million emails shaping the first spam run. Use of MP3 files is the latest tactic designed to sneak messages past spam filters and ultimately control the value of stock for nefarious reasons. On October 17, MessageLabs intercepted the first copies of an estimated 15 million email spam run which lasted 36 hours and used StormWorm infected computers to disseminate the emails…
Other report highlights:
Web Security: Analysis shows that 45.9 percent of all web based malware intercepted was new in October. MessageLabs identified approximately 1,100 -new- sites per day which harbored malware, an increase of 63 percent compared to September levels. Gambling sites appeared back in the top ten of policy-based filtering triggers and rouse to fourth place for large enterprises.
Spam: In October, the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and unknown bad sources, for which the recipient addresses were deemed valid, was 74.5 percent (1 in 1.34 emails), an increase of 1.0 percent on the previous month.
Viruses: This month, the global ratio of email-born viruses in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources destined for valid recipients, was 1 in 161.5 emails (0.62 percent) in October, a decrease of 1.43 percent since the previous month. This decline is almost certainly linked with the fall in the number of Storm Worm related emails, particularly active in August and September. This takes the email virus rate to the lowest level since April 2007 when virus traffic accounted for 1 in 145.5 emails.
Phishing: October saw a decrease of 0.57 percent in the proportion of phishing attacks with one in 174.0 emails comprised of some form of phishing attack. Viewed as a proportion of all email-borne threats such as viruses and trojans, the number of phishing emails has risen by 36.8 percent to 92.8 percent of the malware threats intercepted in October, the highest level on record…
The full report is available at http://www.messagelabs.com/intelligence.aspx …"