The top twelve spam-relaying countries and continents for December 2012 - February 2013
Despite advanced tools and
technologies implemented, the war against spams remains complicated and the phenomena
hits henceforth every country due to financial incentive.
So according to the recent stats
from SophosLabs, the USA is back on top as the world's leading spam-relaying
country. This means that
the security of American computers is very weak.
The list
below is an indicator:
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1. USA
|
18.3%
|
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2. China
|
8.2%
|
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3. India
|
4.2%
|
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4. Peru
|
4.0%
|
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5= France
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3.4%
|
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5= S. Korea
|
3.4%
|
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5= Italy
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3.4%
|
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8= Taiwan
|
2.9%
|
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8= Russia
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2.9%
|
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10. Spain
|
2.8%
|
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11. Germany
|
2.7%
|
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12. Iran
|
2.6%
|
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Other
|
41.1%
|
Through the list we observe
that in the latter half of 2012, India had been leading the way, now has fallen
back to third. In addition we can see that Asia keeps the top spot.
Top
spam-relaying continents for December 2012 - February 2013
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1. Asia
|
36.6%
|
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2. Europe
|
27.5%
|
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3. North America
|
22.0%
|
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4. South America
|
10.9%
|
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5. Africa
|
2.6%
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Other
|
0.4%
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Finally, we can learn that when
it comes to relaying spam, it is true to say that if you are not part of the
solution then you are part of the problem. ‘’Leaving your computers weakly
protected opens you up to attack, but also allows the spammers to use you as an
outlet to pollute the internet for everyone else .’’
