Spammers gearing up for festive fun
Spammers are out in full force getting ready for the festive season according to security company Postini.
The company has seen spam grow by nearly three-fifths over the last three months and said spam, which is increasingly criminal in intent, now accounts for nine in 10 of all emails sent.
Postini's executive vice president of marketing, Daniel Druker, said: "This dramatic rise in spam attacks? has the internet under a state of siege.
"Spammers are increasingly aggressive and sophisticated in their techniques, and protection from spam has become a front-burner issue again. Spam has evolved from a tool for nuisance hackers and annoying marketers to one for criminal enterprises."
