DomainNameKiting.com
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Domain Name Kiting
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NEW YORK, NY – June 5, 2006 – MessageLabs, a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today announced the findings of its MessageLabs Intelligence Report for May. Overall threat levels have remained relatively stable as in previous months, with Hong Kong and Israel being the most spammed countries at 64 percent, while Malaysia saw the largest increase in virus attacks during May (one in 15.1 emails), putting it second only to India, which leads with 1 in 9.6 emails containing a virus.
“The reality we face today is that cyber criminals have become more adept at harvesting infected computers’ address books and using simple techniques to amplify their reach,” said Mark Sunner, chief technology officer, MessageLabs. “This has turned the traditional botnet or zombie into a virtual spam cannon – capable of blasting out millions of emails a day. Disposable domains are also becoming a larger problem via a tactic known as ‘domain kiting’ in which cyber criminals acquire domains without paying for them and use them for illegal gains.”
Spam: In May, the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and unknown bad sources was 57.9 percent (1 in 1.7), an increase of 0.6 percent on the previous month.
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