SPAM Set To Dominate 2005
Posted: 17th Dec, 2004 By: MarkJ
In news that will shock nobody, security provider Postini has found that legitimate messages will make up just 8% (12% in 2004) of all e-mail traffic during 2005!:
In 2004, Postini processed 95 billion SMTP requests and blocked over 40% of those requests based on the IP address of the sender before the threats could reach corporate firewalls.
This past year saw the amount of legitimate email drop from 22% to just 12%, while viruses rose over the past year from roughly half a percent to one and a half percent according to Postinis Email Stat Track. The virus infection average ratio during 2004 was 1 in 67, compared to 2003, when 1 in 200 messages were infected with a virus. Towards the end of the year viruses were infecting 1 in 25 emails.
Currently, the company processes over 2.4 billion email messages per week, and quarantines 88 percent of the messages as spam or viruses for leading corporations and enterprises.
It's hoped that more networks and ISP's will adopt Sender ID or SPF e-mail validation technologies; although many fear that this alone will not be enough. More @ netimperative.com .
In 2004, Postini processed 95 billion SMTP requests and blocked over 40% of those requests based on the IP address of the sender before the threats could reach corporate firewalls.
This past year saw the amount of legitimate email drop from 22% to just 12%, while viruses rose over the past year from roughly half a percent to one and a half percent according to Postinis Email Stat Track. The virus infection average ratio during 2004 was 1 in 67, compared to 2003, when 1 in 200 messages were infected with a virus. Towards the end of the year viruses were infecting 1 in 25 emails.
Currently, the company processes over 2.4 billion email messages per week, and quarantines 88 percent of the messages as spam or viruses for leading corporations and enterprises.
It's hoped that more networks and ISP's will adopt Sender ID or SPF e-mail validation technologies; although many fear that this alone will not be enough. More @ netimperative.com .
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