Broadband providers asked to crack down on spam emails
Sophos, an internet analyst firm, has released data on spam emails that are sent across the countries. According to the study, the USA is responsible for 15.6 % of the total spam spread in the world followed by Brazil (11.1%).
Spam or junk email contain unsolicited piece of advertising and make up more than 80% of the total email messages. Internet service providers and email service providers continue to take measures to reduce spam traffic, however, spamming remains a global problem. Spam filters are often used with anti-virus software that block the spam emails to greater extent.
Graham Cluley, senior technology analyst at Sophos said:
“Clearly the problem isn’t going away, as is illustrated by the large number of sprawling spam campaigns we see on a daily basis,”
He further said:
“Although it may seem encouraging to see reductions in the volume of spam that certain countries are contributing, authorities, ISPs and home users across the world need to be doing more to crack down on the spam problem.”
Among the countries that relay spam emails, data research shows Poland has moved up to sixth top nation from tenth during this year. However, Russia shows marked reduction in spam and contributes just 3.2 % of all spam emails comparing to 7.5 % of previous year.