The Spammers Strike Back

The recent surge in spam volume is due to the assertiveness of botnets and an increase in the sophistication of their spamming efforts. How big is the surge? Postini, the largest hosted secure e-mail provider out there, handling over 1 billion messages a day, ought to know, and know in real time. The company says spam volume is up 120 percent over the last year, but 59 percent in the last two months.

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