Mar 1, 2004 : US Leading Global Pack of Spammers
📅 - The US is leading the pack when it comes to spam, accounting for about 56percent of the world's junk mail, according to a report released by anti-spam and virus company Sophos (sophos.com).
Although the research shows that a large amount of spam is being sent from computers in the US, Sophos reports that much of it is being sent without the knowledge of the computers owners.
"Our intelligence suggests that a large amount of spam originates in Russia, even though it appears at only number 28 in the chart. Hackers appear to be breaking into computers in other countries and sending out spam via 'infected' PCs," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "Some Trojan horses and worms allow spammers to take over third-party computers belonging to innocent parties, and use them for sending spam. More than 30 percent of the world's spam is sent from these compromised computers, underlining the need for a co-ordinated approach to spam and viruses."
Sophos researchers scanned all spam messages received over two days last week to determine which countries spam originates in. Sophos's findings are based upon an analysis of hundreds of thousands of emails examined by researchers using honeypots and other measuring systems around the world.
Canada landed in second place with 6.8 percent of the world's spam. South Korea and China were blamed with each contributing less than 6.5 percen. Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, France, UK, Australia, Mexico and Spain accounted for less than 2.2 percent of the world's spam per country.
Although the research shows that a large amount of spam is being sent from computers in the US, Sophos reports that much of it is being sent without the knowledge of the computers owners.
"Our intelligence suggests that a large amount of spam originates in Russia, even though it appears at only number 28 in the chart. Hackers appear to be breaking into computers in other countries and sending out spam via 'infected' PCs," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "Some Trojan horses and worms allow spammers to take over third-party computers belonging to innocent parties, and use them for sending spam. More than 30 percent of the world's spam is sent from these compromised computers, underlining the need for a co-ordinated approach to spam and viruses."
Sophos researchers scanned all spam messages received over two days last week to determine which countries spam originates in. Sophos's findings are based upon an analysis of hundreds of thousands of emails examined by researchers using honeypots and other measuring systems around the world.
Canada landed in second place with 6.8 percent of the world's spam. South Korea and China were blamed with each contributing less than 6.5 percen. Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, France, UK, Australia, Mexico and Spain accounted for less than 2.2 percent of the world's spam per country.
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