Kaspersky Lab has recently released its spam report which states that, in August, the percentage of spam in email traffic continued to go down and averaged 70.2%, a decrease of 1.6 percentage points from July.
Report further reveals that, in August, there was a slight decline in the amount of malicious attachments, but they were still found in 3.9% of all emails. The percentage of fraudulent messages and emails advertising fake designer goods in spam traffic continued to grow.
The share of malicious attachments in mail traffic grew significantly in July, when malicious files were found in 4.5% of all mail traffic.
In addition to their own self-promotion, spammers distributed emails advertising services offered by other cybercriminal businesses in August. There were also emails offering address databases to distribute spam to different countries, including those like Iran where spam is seldom seen.
Maria Namestnikova, Senior Spam Analyst, Kaspersky Lab, examined, “Summer spam is usually much more highly criminalized, with a growing proportion of emails advertising illegal goods and spreading malicious code. At the same time, spammers are actively offering their
