Kaspersky reports share of spam in Email Traffic in August
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According to Kaspersky Lab figures, it has been reported that in August, unsolicited emails made up 67.6% of all global email traffic which has gone down 3.6 percentage points as compared to July. Further, it was found that the rate of phishing messages rose more than ten times compared to July, while the volume of spam messages containing malicious attachments rose 2.5 times, accounting for 5.6% of all email traffic.
August also saw a ten-fold increase in the proportion of phishing messages. Kaspersky Lab reported mass mailings that appeared to come from an official Apple address that asked recipients to confirm their iTunes account details by following a link. The favourite target of phishing attacks, however, remains social networks.
The names of popular international delivery services such as FedEx, UPS or DHL, also appear frequently in spam messages. In some cases, the attached files supposedly contain information about the non-existent parcels.
In summer, spam becomes much more dangerous. The number of scam messages increases and so does the number of messages containing malicious attachments. Remember, it is very rare for reputable organizations to ask you for your private data, to confirm account details without advance notice, or to open email attachments. If this happens, it is advisable to contact the support line of the organization named in the email, and ask if they actually sent it, commented Tatyana Shcherbakova, Senior Spam Analyst, Kaspersky Lab.
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August also saw a ten-fold increase in the proportion of phishing messages. Kaspersky Lab reported mass mailings that appeared to come from an official Apple address that asked recipients to confirm their iTunes account details by following a link. The favourite target of phishing attacks, however, remains social networks.
The names of popular international delivery services such as FedEx, UPS or DHL, also appear frequently in spam messages. In some cases, the attached files supposedly contain information about the non-existent parcels.
In summer, spam becomes much more dangerous. The number of scam messages increases and so does the number of messages containing malicious attachments. Remember, it is very rare for reputable organizations to ask you for your private data, to confirm account details without advance notice, or to open email attachments. If this happens, it is advisable to contact the support line of the organization named in the email, and ask if they actually sent it, commented Tatyana Shcherbakova, Senior Spam Analyst, Kaspersky Lab.
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