Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers

Tech Manager · 02-12-2008, 03:53 PM

I made an outlandish statement more than a year ago. I said Russia is one of the most prolific countries at spewing out spam, malware and other serious threats to the sanity of the internet. Sophos has now confirmed what I already knew. http://www.sophos.com, a leading security firm has just published its latest report on the twelve worst spamming countries in the world: http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2008/02/dirtydozfeb08.html.

Even more compelling than Russia’s rapid rise to infamy, is the fact that North America, the previous spam king, has fallen to number three in the spam spewing global community. Asia takes the top spot, followed closely by Europe.

Look at the data and http://www.informationtechnologymanager.net/.

primeryder · 02-12-2008, 07:29 PM

From what I just read soem Russian spyware centers are collecting data on everyone. Pretty scary stuff

Dantistic · 02-14-2008, 06:58 AM

Thanx for posting, what do you think is the major reason behind Russia being the leading spamming country?

Cryxellis · 02-14-2008, 07:53 AM

First is you had a nice blog simple but the weight of the content is really
heavy, very informative thanks for the wonderful posting. Anyway I thought
of US as the most spam in the world, but I didn't know that Russia and China
were competing for the position

webcosmo · 02-14-2008, 03:42 PM

Its better in the long run; since more people getting their hands on the internet. In many countries lot of people never used internet in their lifetime.

alemcherry · 02-28-2008, 09:52 AM

That is not surprising. For me what is surprising is that US still leads, inspite of strict laws against spams. Many of the asian countries treat spams leagal, so all these "bullet prrof" hosting and mass email service has been outsourced.

barmajan · 03-07-2008, 05:48 PM

Quote:

That is not surprising. For me what is surprising is that US still leads, inspite of strict laws against spams. Many of the asian countries treat spams leagal, so all these "bullet prrof" hosting and mass email service has been outsourced.

you are right

netrepreneur · 03-18-2008, 12:30 PM

Very interesting!

Also worth looking at is http://thetechdon.com/40-of-all-spam-comes-from-just-one-source/

a graph of the spam bots. 40% of all spam in the world comes from 1 bot. Unbelievable howmuch do you think those guys are making ??

Steve_gts · 03-19-2008, 11:54 AM

I doubt it thats the US has decreased, it's just that Russia has increased dramatically, they were spamming my forum at least 50 times a day untill i got a mod which stopped it, well, almost anyway.

02-12-2008, 03:53 PM	#1
Tech Manager Smurf Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9	Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers I made an outlandish statement more than a year ago. I said Russia is one of the most prolific countries at spewing out spam, malware and other serious threats to the sanity of the internet. Sophos has now confirmed what I already knew. http://www.sophos.com, a leading security firm has just published its latest report on the twelve worst spamming countries in the world: http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2008/02/dirtydozfeb08.html. Even more compelling than Russia’s rapid rise to infamy, is the fact that North America, the previous spam king, has fallen to number three in the spam spewing global community. Asia takes the top spot, followed closely by Europe. Look at the data and http://www.informationtechnologymanager.net/. __________________ I rely on http://www.countryipblocks.net/ for added security

02-12-2008, 07:29 PM	#2
primeryder Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 107	Re: Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers From what I just read soem Russian spyware centers are collecting data on everyone. Pretty scary stuff __________________ Pet Home Business Goji Juice

02-14-2008, 06:58 AM	#3
Dantistic Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 55	Re: Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers Thanx for posting, what do you think is the major reason behind Russia being the leading spamming country?

02-14-2008, 07:53 AM	#4
Cryxellis Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Beyond the Darkness Posts: 226	Re: Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers First is you had a nice blog simple but the weight of the content is really heavy, very informative thanks for the wonderful posting. Anyway I thought of US as the most spam in the world, but I didn't know that Russia and China were competing for the position __________________ Investment Property l l Selling Home l l Real Estate Adelaide

02-14-2008, 03:42 PM	#5
webcosmo Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cambridge,MA,USA Posts: 227	Re: Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers Its better in the long run; since more people getting their hands on the internet. In many countries lot of people never used internet in their lifetime. __________________ Earn money posting on forums. Join our revenue sharing forum WEBMASTER FORUMS - WebCosmo Revenue Sharing Forum

02-28-2008, 09:52 AM	#6
alemcherry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 264	Re: Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers That is not surprising. For me what is surprising is that US still leads, inspite of strict laws against spams. Many of the asian countries treat spams leagal, so all these "bullet prrof" hosting and mass email service has been outsourced. __________________ Web Hosting Reviews - Dedicated Server Review - Bluehost Review

03-18-2008, 12:30 PM	#8
netrepreneur Smurf Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 8	Re: Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers Very interesting! Also worth looking at is http://thetechdon.com/40-of-all-spam-comes-from-just-one-source/ a graph of the spam bots. 40% of all spam in the world comes from 1 bot. Unbelievable howmuch do you think those guys are making ?? __________________ http://www.forwardslashmedia.co.uk

03-19-2008, 11:54 AM	#9
Steve_gts Smurf Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 18	Re: Russia and China the new Spam Superpowers I doubt it thats the US has decreased, it's just that Russia has increased dramatically, they were spamming my forum at least 50 times a day untill i got a mod which stopped it, well, almost anyway. __________________ Steve Sage Construction Software \| Sage 50 Accounts Shop

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