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MessageLabs, a global provider of integrated
messaging and web security services to businesses, has announced the
results of its MessageLabs Intelligence Report for November 2006. The
report highlights a relentless rise in global spam levels and increase
in phishing attacks as cyber-criminals ramp up activities in the
prelude to the holiday season and how smaller companies are currently
the centre of attention for unsolicited messages.
According to the MessagLabs report, global spam levels in November
reaching 74% of all emails, an increase of 1.1 percent on October and
the highest level observed since early 2005. Since MessageLabs deploys
additional layers of defence at its network perimeter, the actual
global spam figure incorporating the traffic management volume would be
a staggering 89.4%, according to MessageLabs.
Business sector analysis shows that increased attention is given to
small business employees who receive almost twice as many spam messages
as medium-sized companies per user per month and 60% more virus traffic
per user per month than large enterprise organisations.
Restricted by limited IT resources and budget and lack of depth of
security expertise available and also due to the vast amount of
companies of this size, smaller companies are easier prey for cyber
criminals and more likely to be deceived by sophisticated techniques
and high volumes of threats, according to MessageLabs.
“The cyber criminals are out in full force and utilising the holiday
season to their advantage. Whether it’s targeting smaller businesses
that don’t have the IT expertise or resource to fully protect
themselves from new threats, or consumers dropping their guard in
exchange for retail therapy, the bad guys have an overabundance of
opportunities to target,” said Mark Sunner, chief technology officer,
MessageLabs. “With the Warezov Trojan dropper, responsible for
October’s steep rise in spam, causing more trouble in November and the
phishers back on the radar, companies and consumers alike need to stay
extra vigilant at such active times in order to stay healthy during the
holiday season.”
David Bass
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