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When it Comes to Spam, Everything Old is New Again
ReadWriteWeb —
... Google released some interesting data about the kind of attacks its spam detection software has detected over the last quarter. According to Google, overall spam levels in the second quarter of 2009 were 53% higher than during the first quarter, and 6% higher than a year ago. Even though the total volume of spam dropped by 70% after the the takedown of the infamous ...
Spam Up By 53% In Q2
Silicon Alley Insider —
Spam levels are up by 58% this quarter, and 6% since last year, says Google.
New players have caused both the level and types of spam to rise.
Google says this quarter, spammers went back to using old techniques like newsletter formats with malicious links, images and email attachments.
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Google Sees Spam Surging
TechWeb —
... reports that the average volume of spam messages in the second quarter of 2009 was 53% higher than it was in first quarter of the year. MX Logic, a Web and ...
Google Q2 2009 Spam Trends
D' Technology Weblog —
... by Postini's email security products, sure you don't spend a lot of time thinking about these things. So those of you, interested can see what spammers are up to; the spam data cited in this post is drawn from the network of Google email security and archiving services, powered by Postini, “Overall, spam is measurably up: Q2'09 average spam levels are 53% higher than in Q1'09 and 6% higher than in Q2'08”.
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Google talks spam trends, spiffs up Gmail labels
Betanews —
... More serious e-mail matters are under discussion on the Official Google Enterprise Blog, where the latest Postini numbers on spam volume were posted yesterday morning. Spam is increasing, as it has been since that marvelous McColo takedown and concomitant back in November. ...
The return of "old school" spam
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... Every quarter Google and Postini take a joint look at the state of the spam industry, its undulations and upheavals. And the results for the most recent quarter, ended June 30, are in . In many ways, the results are unsurprising: Spam is up again, with levels 53 percent higher than the first quarter of the year, but just 6 percent higher than the second quarter of 2008. (Spam levels were uncommonly low last quarter following the shut-down of the ISP McColo, a notorious haven for spammers. Those spammers have largely found other services to host their activities, and spam ...
