Tatyana Shcherbakova
iPhones and Ice Buckets used to promote junk mailings: Kaspersky
The launch of iPhone 6 and the Ice Bucket Challenge were the two main topics that spammers used to promote junk mailings in the third quarter of 2014, according to Kaspersky Lab.
‘Nigerian’ scammers take advantage of Ebola
Spammers have produced topical new versions of the old ‘Nigerian Letter’ scam, this time based on the Ebola virus, according to the experts at Kaspersky Lab.
Slightly more spam, even more insidious techniques: Kaspersky Lab
In Q1 2013, the amount of unsolicited correspondence in email traffic grew slightly (+0.53 percentage points) and averaged 66.55%, while spammers began using more insidious tricks, according to Kaspersky Lab.
