[PLUG-TALK] Spam Drops to 12-year Low

wes plug at the-wes.com
Fri Jul 17 17:27:24 UTC 2015


I think the primary driving force behind this is the shift away from email
for communications. A lot of people are using SMS and social media for
primary contact, and only "inboxing" as a fallback when needed.

-wes

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 5:28 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

>    According to Symantec, phishing and other spam has dropped below 50% in
> June and the first half of July. The reasons appear to be shutting down
> botnets and a shift by the cyber criminal industry to malware.
>
>         <http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33564016>
>
> Rich
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