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You’re receiving less spam, but it still makes up 55% of your inbox

Anybody who has an email account receives pesky and unsolicited spam – it’s just one of those things that we have come to get used to. But according to internet security company Kaspersky Lab, this situtation is improving

The company’s latest Security Bulletin states the amount of spam in 2015 has dropped by 11.48% to 55.28% of overall email traffic. That is a good thing, right?

It attributes the decline to the increasing popularity of legal advertising platforms on social networks and coupon clipping services. In another bit of good news, around 79% of all emails sent are less than 2kb in size, presenting a drop-off in email size for spam campaigns.

But there’s still bad news for banks, as payment systems and online shops were attacked most often with phishing emails (34.33%) which is a rise of almost 6%.

Cybercriminals are getting sneakier. There has been an increase in fake notifications from mobile apps being sent out, which usually contain harmful files.

“Mobile malware and fraudulent spam is becoming more popular and efforts to dupe victims are becoming more sophisticated year on year, with the emergence of apps that can be used by cybercriminals both directly and indirectly,” warns Daria Loseva, Spam Analysis Expert at Kaspersky Lab.

“Mobile device users therefore need to be on their guard and remain vigilant, as cybercriminal activities in this area are only likely to increase, along with our reliance on devices.”

But where does the spam come from? Well, for the most part it comes from the US (15.2), Russia (6.15%) and Vietnam (6.12%).

Last year Germany suffered the brunt of spam attacks (19.06%) – a 9.84% increase on 2014, followed by Brazil (7.64%).

[Image – CC by 2.0/oggi und die kakerlaken]

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