10 countries send the most spam

According to the latest report by Sophos security firm, the US once again rose to the top of the list of countries sending the most spam in the world. Compared to the country in the second place, the amount of spam in the United States has been more than 5 times more.

The number of statistics from Sophos reports shows that the amount of spam sent from the US accounts for 28.4% of the total global spam volume. In second place is South Korea with 5.2%. Sophos experts say the gap is on the rise.

3 years ago the second position belonged to Canada. But thanks to the anti-spam efforts with a series of anti-spam action plans, Canada has now officially removed from the list of the 10 most spamming countries in the world.

Following South Korea is China with 4.9%. Thus, this year, the amount of spam originated from China has decreased by 8.5%. Achieving this result is also because China has officially introduced the Anti-Spam Law since the beginning of 2006.

Ranking next positions include Russia (4.4%), Brazil (3.7%), France (3.6%), Germany (3.4%), Turkey (3.2%), Poland (2.7%, Britain (2.4%), Romania (2.3%), Mexico (1.9%) and other countries 33.9%.

If ranked by region, North America is still the region sending the most spam, accounting for 32.3% of the total global spam. Next is Asia (31.1%), Europe (24.8%), South America (9.1%) and Africa (2.1%).

However, Sophos said the company's statistics may not be accurate because it has not reached the last source of spam. It is possible that spammers in this country will take control of the PC in another country to serve their spamming purposes. In this case spam will be calculated for another country, not for the country where the spammer is living.

Sophos also specifically emphasized the strong development of malicious spam in the past. This is a specialized type of spam to spread malicious code or redirect users to malicious websites, phishing websites .

Security company recommends that users should regularly update security applications and be more wary of these dangerous email types. It is best not to open or respond to emails sent from strangers because if you reply, users will not only get infected code but will receive more spam.

Hoang Dung