Nov 1, 2013
The ongoing conflict and complex political situation in Syria have created the perfect conditions for new Nigerian scams. According to Kaspersky Lab data, recent months have seen a surge in the number of Nigerian letters that contained some sort of reference to Syria....
Oct 9, 2013
During August, unsolicited e-mails made up 67,6% of all global e-mail traffic, according to Kaspersky Lab figures, making August 3,6 percentage points lower than July. However, the rate of phishing messages rose more than 10 times compared to July, while the volume of...
Aug 29, 2013
The results of spam monitoring in July point to a lack of variety among malware targets — nearly every malicious programme launched during the month was after personal user data. Most cases involved malicious programmes from banking Trojan families that use personal...
Aug 12, 2013
During the second quarter of 2013, the percentage of spam in total e-mail traffic increased by 4,2% from the first quarter, reaching 70,7% of total volume. The percentage of phishing e-mails in global mail traffic fell by 0,0016% and came to 0,0024%, according to...
Jul 31, 2013
The percentage of spam in e-mail traffic in June was up 1,4 percentage points and averaged 71,1%. Malicious attachments were found in 1,8% of all e-mails – a drop of 1% point compared to the previous month. This is according to Kaspersky Lab, which adds that...
