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New Data Shows Rapid Surge In Phishing Email
Yet spam in December 2011 and January 2012 at the lowest levels in five years
February 9, 2012
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PRESS RELEASE
Berlin, February 8, 2012 – The turn of the year 2011/2012 was characterized by
two contrasting trends for e-mail security: whereas spam levels underwent a
dramatic decline in December, phishing e-mail experienced explosive growth: its
share increased by 194% in December and by a further 214% in January. By
contrast, overall spam levels declined by 70.3% in December and experienced
only a slight increase of 9.7% in January. That put spam volumes at the lowest
rate since early 2007. Those are the findings presented today in the February
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