In this quarter 1, report for 2012, India appears to have overwhelm United States in World's top contributor of spam messages till now. India’s rise was highlighted because of the growing Internet using population.
The top twelve spam relaying countries for January - March 2012
| 1. India | 9.3% |
| 2. USA | 8.3% |
| 3. S Korea | 5.7% |
| 4. Indonesia | 5.0% |
| 5. Russia | 5.0% |
| 6. Italy | 4.9% |
| 7. Brazil | 4.3% |
| 8. Poland | 3.9% |
| 9. Pakistan | 3.3% |
| 10. Vietnam | 3.2% |
| 11. Taiwan | 2.9% |
| 12. Peru | 2.5% |
| 13.Other | 41.7% |
The study revels that the overall amount of spam had decreased globally due to the efforts taken by Internet Service Provider (ISP) against spam messages.
According to Sophos, there’s a one in ten chance that spam was relayed from an Indian computer.
Not necessary the cybercriminals who launch spam campaigns reside in these countries. After all, the majority of spam comes from computers that are exposed by malicious hackers and are used as 'spam-sending zombies'.
Spammers are increasingly finding new ways to spread junk messages by using social networking sites like Facebook,Twitter.
Also, the amount of messages that spread malware or represent more targeted attempts to ‘phish’ usernames, passwords and personal information, is increasing.
So, users are advised to defend your computer from these spams with up-to-date anti-virus software and use appropriate measures to block these kind of spams from comming towards you.
