Spam Traffic Increases in Russia
Chief of Kaspersky Lab Content Filtration, Andrei Nikishin, reveals that the share of spam in Russia touched 82.1% of total mail traffic during 2008, an expansion of almost 2.1% points from 2007, as reported by RosBusinessConsulting on February 4, 2009.
According to Andrei Nikishin, the minimum percentage reported in 2008 was 50.5% on November 13, 2008, while the maximum percentage was recorded at 97.8% on March 1, 2008. The Russian antivirus software developer's experts also said that the spam market was estimated around $150 Million-$200 Million.
As far as the subject matter of spam messages in 2008 is concerned, healthcare and wellness goods and services occupied the first rank with 23.6%, followed by education and adult content with 12% and 11.8% respectively.
