Randy wrote:
Michael Scheidell wrote:
looks like mcafee sees a 20% drop in spam?
wonder what that is about. I'm not seeing a drop in ATTEMPTED spam
(I see MORE ATTEMPTED spam). Mostly this new 'blank email with a
png' in it.
Sanesecurity rules seem to be keeping up with it for the most part.
I wonder what they are using to count/catch/ block spam?
anyone else seeing a 20% drop in spam?
OT: mcafee might not even be using their own SECURITY products to
protect their own internal networks, according to this report:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10234033-83.html
They are wrong. A large volume spammer started about a 2 weeks ago.
This includes the *png spam and others I know are the same spammer
becuase it all started at once. Our spam levels are up 100%.
Check the references and see what they are actually saying.
The first quarter ended just over a week ago. Any major spam that
started up just a few days before that would only be a blip in the
statistics for the quarter. Their publication date was May 5, which
suggests they analyzed the data for first quarter and wrote the report
over the weekend of May 2 and 3. They clearly state that they expect it
to come back up.
They are also looking at global patterns, not just impressions from one
site.
Michael Scheidell wrote:
looks like mcafee sees a 20% drop in spam?
Sorry, someone asked me for the reference to the mcafee story:
McAfee Reports Huge Drop in Spam
Ellen Messmer, Network World
May 05, 2009
Global e-mail spam volumes have dropped 20% for the first quarter this year
compared with the same period last year, according to McAfee's latest
research on the topic.
<http://www.cio.com/article/print/491900>
The original McAfee report can be found here --
http://newsroom.mcafee.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3515 (that's
McAfee's summary with a link to the full report pdf), and the emphasis
of the report is quite different than what the industry journals and
news media were focusing on (or at least their headlines and lead
paragraphs).
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