Symantec has a State of Spam report that comes out every month and happened to email it to me this past month. I finally got a look into the document and here are a few highlights from the May State of Spam report:
- An increase in the number of NDR (Non Delivery Report) bounce messages sent in response to spam with forged headers.
- Google AdWords phishing samples emerged
- Spear phishing attack stating it’s from the US District Court, installs a keylogger
- A scam email supposedly from the IRS sends users to a vampire game
- Spammers are offering a supposed chance to become a movie extra, and collecting mailing addresses
- New forms of Instant Message scams
Also, spam is broken down by category with the following percentages:
- Products 23%
- Financial 17%
- Internet 16%
- Scams 12%
- Leisure 10%
- Health 9%
- Fraud 7%
- Adult 6%
That’s interesting, I would have expected a different breakdown.
