Sophos Reveals Latest Spam-Relaying Countries

An anonymous reader writes "For the first time in more than two years, the United States has failed to make inroads into its spam-relaying problem. The U.S. remains stuck at the top of the chart and is the source of 23.2 percent of the world's spam. Its closest rivals are China and South Korea, although both of these nations have managed to reduce their statistics since Q1 2006. The vast majority of this spam is relayed by 'zombies,' also known as botnet computers."

Comments

Uh, "other"?

[Anonymous Coward]

With "other" making up 22% that is just shy of the top spot.

Normally the "other" is the smallest percentage. I think they have some more work to do.

I find Japan's spot interesting. Are they so low because they are good natured follow-the-rules types or because they are better about securing their systems? A little of both maybe?

Translation:

[numbski]

"The United States has the world's largest number of unsecured Windows machines, therefore making it painfully easy for anyone to become a spam king from the comfort of their own home by creating their own botnet."

Ja ne!

pump n dump scams

[digitaldc]

And I thought pump & dump scams were primarily concocted around 2am at Frat parties.

Sophos recommends that computer users ensure they keep their security software up-to-date, as well as using a properly configured firewall and installing the latest operating system security patches.
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