Alert: Sophos Unveils Latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ Spam Relaying Countries
Anti-spam specialist maps the spam world 
Sophos has published its latest report on the top 12 spam relaying countries during the first quarter of 2007. Experts at SophosLabs have revealed that yet again, the U.S. relayed considerably more spam than other nations, producing just less than one-fifth (19.8%) of the world's spam.
According to Sophos, the overall volume of spam increased about 4.2% during Q1 2007, when compared to the same period in 2006.
The top 12 spam relaying countries are as follows:
January to March 2007
1. United States 19.8%
2. China (including Hong Kong) 7.5%
3. Poland 7.4%
4. South Korea 7.0%
5. Italy 5.0%
6. France 4.1%
7. Germany 3.7%
8. Spain 3.5%
9. Brazil 3.1%
10. Russia 3.0%
11. India 2.8%
12. Taiwan 2.5%
Other 30.6%
"Although the U.S. continues its reign over the dirty dozen, it has reduced its output in the past 12 months," said Ron O'Brien, senior security analyst at Boston-based Sophos. "It's likely that computer users in the U.S. are growing wiser and securing their computers more thoroughly."
"Mobile spamming represents a new method for crooked marketers – many people are used to ignoring unsolicited email spam, but they don't necessarily expect it to turn up on their mobile phones," said O'Brien. "Users who receive spam on their mobile phones should call or email their network providers immediately. Although this type of spamming is on the rise, it only represents a small problem compared to email spam."
via [ Sophos ]
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