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U.S., China leading spam senders in the world
By SiliconIndia | Monday, 16 February 2009, 02:17 Hrs |
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Bangalore: Though the U.S. is considered the world leader in introducing newer technologies, that country is not able to find a solution that control the large number of spam emails emanating from there.
The U.S. remains the largest source of spam, accounting for almost 20 percent of the global total, according to recent figures from Sophos, the British provider of anti-spamming software. China, including Hong Kong, stands second in a list of 20 top spamming countries, accounting for 10 percent of the total, reported BusinessWeek.
The U.S. is the world's largest economy while China has the world's largest online population. "You would expect those countries to dominate," says Paul Ducklin, Head of Asia-Pacific technology for Sophos. However, the two countries together accounted for less than a third of the world's spam. "It indicates the bad guys are finding places all over the world, with ever-increasing number," Ducklin says.
Countries that seem to fare well on the Sophos rankings, generating just 0.1 percent or 0.2 percent of the world's spam, in many cases have very limited Internet connectivity; the fact that they show up at all on the charts indicates the extent of the problem. "These are places where it's not easy or cheap to get on the Internet," says Ducklin. "But the bad guys don't care."
The U.S. remains the largest source of spam, accounting for almost 20 percent of the global total, according to recent figures from Sophos, the British provider of anti-spamming software. China, including Hong Kong, stands second in a list of 20 top spamming countries, accounting for 10 percent of the total, reported BusinessWeek.
The U.S. is the world's largest economy while China has the world's largest online population. "You would expect those countries to dominate," says Paul Ducklin, Head of Asia-Pacific technology for Sophos. However, the two countries together accounted for less than a third of the world's spam. "It indicates the bad guys are finding places all over the world, with ever-increasing number," Ducklin says.
Countries that seem to fare well on the Sophos rankings, generating just 0.1 percent or 0.2 percent of the world's spam, in many cases have very limited Internet connectivity; the fact that they show up at all on the charts indicates the extent of the problem. "These are places where it's not easy or cheap to get on the Internet," says Ducklin. "But the bad guys don't care."
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1:
US as a country creates the need for a solution which they monopolise. They create war so that arms are purchased.Hong Kong,Taiwan which produce maximum malware,trojans etc are owned by US.Ofcourse then only they can sell Norton antivirus,macafee,symantec etc.
Posted by:captainjohann
- 17 Feb, 2009
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There is no surprise, as the US is the largest economy and china is the second largest economy in the world, this can happen.
Posted by:Garam
- 16 Feb, 2009
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