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CipherTrust: Two-Thirds of Spam Relays are Located in Taiwan

René Millman writes on SC Magazine Online:

The study, carried out by messaging security firm CipherTrust, found that 64 percent of servers spewing out spam were based in Taiwan, the U.S. is second at 23 percent and China is third at three percent.

Researchers also found that during the past month, there was a 21 percent increase in the number of new zombie computers and a 20 percent increase in overall unwanted e-mail traffic. According to the information gathered, this significant jump may coincide with the sharp rise in the use of randomised image-based stock spam in which spammers use more challenging graphics-based messages to avert traditional anti-spam deployments.

posted by Fergie @ 6/08/2006 07:54:00 AM