Key highlights
•120 billion spam messages are sent every day worldwide
•20 billion spam messages are targeted at the UK every day
•98% of all email traffic is now spam
•UK on-line Christmas shopping to be targeted
•In 2008 social network sites will become prime source of personal data for spam gangs to target UK
“2007 marks a turning point for threats in the UK. Just when malware design seemed to have reached a plateau, new attack techniques have emerged, some so complex – and obviously not the work of amateurs – they could have only been designed by means of sophisticated research and development,” said Jason Steer, European Product Manager, IronPort. “For a time, security controls designed to manage malware were working. But, as a result of this success, the threats they protected against were forced to change. In 2007, many of these threats underwent significant adaptation. Malware went stealth, and the sophistication increased.”