Latest 'dirty dozen' spam sending countries revealed
The U.S. still tops the list of the top 12 spam relaying countries, according to a report by Sophos, a provider of integrated threat management products. However, the US has made significant reductions and for the first time accounts for less than a quarter of all spam.
Australia is 23rd on the list and New Zealand is so far down the list that Sophos can't give us an exact ranking.
The report shows that the amount of non-English language spam is increasing, with the majority being relayed by "zombie" computers, hijacked by Trojan horses, worms and viruses and under the control of hackers. "Pump-and-dump" stock spam, which artificially inflates stock prices before spammers sell shares at a fairly large profit, is also increasing, the report says.
