Vietnam disperses spam in the fifth world

With 3 countries: India (2nd), South Korea (4th) and Vietnam (Thursday), Asia is still the largest spam distribution center in the world.

With 3 countries: India (2nd), South Korea (4th) and Vietnam (Thursday), Asia is still the largest spam distribution center in the world.

Sophos has announced a report on global spam status in the first quarter of 2010, with the biggest surprise that China is no longer among the top 10 most spam-dispersed countries in the world. The most populous country in the world is currently ranked 15th and ' contributes ' 1.9% of total spam worldwide.

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However, according to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant of Sophos, China is still very badly known as ' the starting point of a series of attacks targeting businesses' networks and systems. and foreign government '. ' At the very least, they have a positive change in the past 12 months, the amount of spam that has dropped since then has decreased rapidly, ' said Cluley.

Although it only ' contributes ' to three countries, Asia is still the world's most spam-dispersed continent with 33.7%, Sophos reports. India and South Korea became the latest names of the 'spam quartet' along with two old names, the US and Brazil. This 'quartet' is responsible for 30% of global spam in the first quarter of 2010.

Sophos's report also said that about 97% of the total email received by corporate email systems is now spam and this greatly affects the performance of businesses. The data also said that almost all of the world's current spam is sent from malicious computers (botnets) and controlled by cyber criminals.

In July 2009, Vietnam was the first in the list of 12 countries with the most spam distribution in the world and published by Sophos and since then, Vietnam's ranking has continuously increased. At the end of 2009, the spam report from security firm Symantec ranked Vietnam in the top 5 countries distributing spam. Recently, according to a report on the status of security threats announced by Symantec, Vietnam is also the second largest country in Southeast Asia and the 7th in the Asia-Pacific region to distribute malicious code ( malware) or the top in Southeast Asia and 4th Asia - Pacific in terms of spam distribution.

List of 12 countries that distribute the most spam in the world (Sophos report)