Fewer sent spam – Telegraaf.nl

Less than 50 percent of all e-mails that security company Symantec Last month scanned were spam. For the past twelve years, the proportion of spam never been so low

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In its Intelligence Report, Symantec reports that the decline suggests that criminals use other ways for people to steal money online. The decline in the number of spam sent messages is has coincided with an increase in the amount of malware that is created.

The legal approach to criminal networks engaged in spamming, helped by the fall in the number of junk messages. For example, to get the authorities managed several botnets from the air. In addition, many European ISPs share information with each other about botnet activity.

Of the billions of messages that fell Symatec has checked in June to 49.7 percent under the heading spam. Although the proportion of spam has been falling for some time, it is for the first time since 2003 that it falls below the 50 percent. With the decline in the number of spam messages also take popular scams scored, steal confidential information via messages referring to counterfeit sites.

Nevertheless, users are still not safe on the Internet. The amount of malware variants continues to rise. In June intercepted the company 57.6 million individual pieces of malware, almost double-April. Ransomware remains popular. Symantec’s systems discovered in June, almost 50,000 attacks using this type of malware. In ransomware computers are infected with malicious software that exit gives attackers access to important files. Only after paying ransom, victims regain access.

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