Spam volumes continue to decline

In May, the percentage of spam in e-mail traffic was down by 2,5 percentage points and averaged 69,7%. Experts at Kaspersky Lab noted a very slight increase in the share of phishing e-mails compared with April, while malicious attachments were detected in 2,8% of...

Spam rises, phishing down

The amount of unsolicited correspondence in e-mail traffic during the first quarter of 2013 grew slightly (+0,53 percentage points) and averaged 66,55%.  According to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report, the increase in the proportion of e-mails with malicious...

Spam – history repeats itself

According to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report for Q1 2013, the amount of unsolicited correspondence in email traffic grew slightly (+0,53%) and averaged 66,55%. The increase in the proportion of emails with malicious attachments was also small, reaching 3,3%, while...

Spam levels stabilise in March

After a sharp increase in spam volumes in February, March saw the flow of junk mail stabilise at a level of 70,1%. Despite this reduction, however, users could not afford to relax since at the same time the share of malicious attachments in unsolicited e-mail...

Spammers back to work in February

After a lull of several months, spammers stepped up their activity in February. According to Kaspersky Lab data, the proportion of spam in e-mail traffic grew by nearly 13 percentage points and averaged 71% for the month, higher than the average for January and the...