Sophos impressed with the price list of Russian spam services
Specialists from Sophos , an advanced advocate for e-junk and malware, were so impressed with their recent find — the price list of Russian spam services — that they put it on their quarterly statistical report .
According to SophosLabs researchers, although Russia is not on the list of 12 countries-champions in garbage generation, the danger from its territory is serious. “We found evidence indicating that Russian spammers are managing extensive networks of zombie PCs,” the company said. - In the discovered $ 500 spamming price list, it is proposed to spam the entire ru zone - more than 11 million email addresses. In addition, spammers report that for $ 50 they can organize mailing to a million addresses of Internet users in any country in the world. ” Apparently, the appearance of a similar price list in the report is not least due to the surprise of Western researchers with the cheapness of domestic spam services.
In its results for the second quarter of 2006, Sophos, as already mentioned, gives the ranking of countries from which the territory generates the most spam and viruses. Researchers have identified a trend: Europe is increasing the turnover of spam via zombie PCs. In total, from European countries for this period received 27.1% of world spam.
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At this time, America is still ahead of the rest of the planet, only its unenviable primacy - 23.2% of total spam is generated from the territory of the United States. Analysts do not associate the growth of the American “dirty wave” with the connivance of the problem on the part of the authorities. The point is rather in the absence of a “firm citizenship” among US home users who do not provide themselves with the proper level of protection.
Following America are China and South Korea, with spam shares of 20% and 7.5%, respectively. In general, the most junk mail comes from the Asian continent - 40.2%. For comparison: from the North and South Americas combined spam flows are poured out in the amount of 31.2%.
Speaking about the characteristics of the spammer messages themselves, the researchers point to an increase in the number of letters with attachments-pictures. Violators have adopted this method of distribution, since some of the filters focused on the analysis of textual information do not screen out letters with pictures.
According to SophosLabs researchers, although Russia is not on the list of 12 countries-champions in garbage generation, the danger from its territory is serious. “We found evidence indicating that Russian spammers are managing extensive networks of zombie PCs,” the company said. - In the discovered $ 500 spamming price list, it is proposed to spam the entire ru zone - more than 11 million email addresses. In addition, spammers report that for $ 50 they can organize mailing to a million addresses of Internet users in any country in the world. ” Apparently, the appearance of a similar price list in the report is not least due to the surprise of Western researchers with the cheapness of domestic spam services.
In its results for the second quarter of 2006, Sophos, as already mentioned, gives the ranking of countries from which the territory generates the most spam and viruses. Researchers have identified a trend: Europe is increasing the turnover of spam via zombie PCs. In total, from European countries for this period received 27.1% of world spam.
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At this time, America is still ahead of the rest of the planet, only its unenviable primacy - 23.2% of total spam is generated from the territory of the United States. Analysts do not associate the growth of the American “dirty wave” with the connivance of the problem on the part of the authorities. The point is rather in the absence of a “firm citizenship” among US home users who do not provide themselves with the proper level of protection.
Following America are China and South Korea, with spam shares of 20% and 7.5%, respectively. In general, the most junk mail comes from the Asian continent - 40.2%. For comparison: from the North and South Americas combined spam flows are poured out in the amount of 31.2%.
Speaking about the characteristics of the spammer messages themselves, the researchers point to an increase in the number of letters with attachments-pictures. Violators have adopted this method of distribution, since some of the filters focused on the analysis of textual information do not screen out letters with pictures.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4205/
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