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Symantec: Phishing activity up in July
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-08-06 16:15:54 357
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By Lance Whitney @ CNET News
Phishing attacks rose 52 percent in July while spam as a percentage of all e-mail stayed about the same compared with the previous month, according to the latest reports from Symantec that tracked spam and phishing activity for the month.
With some fluctuations, spam averaged around 89 percent of all e-mail in July, noted Symantec. That compares with about 90 percent for the month of June. There are distinct trends in certain types of junk mail. Image spam, which sneaks past filters by embedding spam in an image, accounted for 17 percent of all spam at one point in July. Health-related spam declined 17 percent, while 419 spam (often better known as Nigerian hoax spam) rose 3 percent.
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