Updates

In its December State of Spam report, Symantec reports that spam activity is up, accounting for 72% of all email server activity in November. This is activity at the SMTP layer filtering, and does not account for emails rejected at the network level. A disproportionate amount of spam activity continues to be generated from Asia, Europe and South America. Spam content currently includes the following types:

• Products: 27%
• Internet Services: 18%
• Financial Offers: 15%
• General 'Scams': 12%
• Health Products: 9%
• Fraud/Phishing: 7%
• Adult: 6%
• Leisure: 6%

Spam messages on the rise include:

• 2008 Bejing Olympics
• Current Celebrity News
• Email Addresses (Spanish/Italian)
• Free Holiday Gift Cards

BigDrum continues to aggressively monitor spam and virus activity, to ensure you that the emails you receive are not harmful to your computer or business network.