Email Security & Internet Threats Trend Report Q2 2010 from Proofpoint and Commtouch

The Latest Spam Techniques, Sources, Trends, Topics and More


Internet Threats Trend Report Q2 2010This free report from Proofpoint and partner Commtouch reviews trends in spam, phishing, malware and more during the second quarter of 2010.

Some of the highlights from this quarter's Internet threats trend report include:

  • Spam levels averaged 82% of all email traffic throughout the quarter—equating to an average of around 179 billion spam messages per day.
  • Pharmacy spam remained the most common spam theme, accounting for 64% of all spam.
  • An average of 307,000 zombies (compromised machines that are part of a botnet) were activated daily to inflict malicious activity, representing a slight increase over the prior quarter.
  • India has surpassed Brazil for the title of the country with the most zombies (13 percent of the world's total).
  • Virus TDSS.17 was the most widely distributed email-borne virus, but the Mal/Bredo malware had the most variants - over 1800 (more than double the variants of Q1).
  • Pornography remains the Web site category most infected with malware.
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