Security company Kaspersky has released a report on global spam for October 2013. According to the company, the percentage of spam in email traffic increased by 6.6%.
And this increase is probably not really surprising, since holidays like Halloween are always a good opportunity for spammers. Moreover, due to the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, spam has also started to increase.
In October, the spammers continued to actively use the names of well-known companies for the distribution of malicious ZIP files.
Several mass missions were recorded that offer rather unusual, if not exotic, services for love spells or for career enhancement, as well as other forms of white and black magic.
There were significantly more email missions that offered souvenirs with the logos of well-known companies, and the range of products was larger than ever. These mass missions were distributed in almost every major language.
Naturally, quite a few spams concern holidays for the days of Halloween and the upcoming Christmas and New Year's.
Additionally, spammers are exploiting the conflict in Syria in an attempt to trick unsuspecting users into sending money.
In October, China continued to be the number one source of spam, followed by the USA, South Korea, Taiwan, and Russia. It is shown that 0.027% of global spam traffic observed last month is represented by phishing emails (emails that try to deceive users and harvest their personal information or passwords).
Social media websites remain the most targeted, followed by email and instant messaging services, with search engines third, and financial companies fourth.
For more details, check Kaspersky's spam report here .
