Spam Zombies Jump

Iria · Jun 8, 2006, 06:36 PM

Source: TechWeb
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The volume of spam surged in May be 20 percent, a security company said Thursday, as the number of new zombies -- compromised computers spewing junk mail without their users' knowledge -- increased by about the same amount.

According to message security vendor CipherTrust Inc., the bump-up in spam is the first since November 2005. "It may be a cyclical thing, or it could just be a coincidence" that these jumps happen about every six months, said Dmitri Alperovitch, CipherTrust's chief research scientist.

Jun 8, 2006, 06:36 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Spam Zombies Jump Source: TechWeb __________ The volume of spam surged in May be 20 percent, a security company said Thursday, as the number of new zombies -- compromised computers spewing junk mail without their users' knowledge -- increased by about the same amount. According to message security vendor CipherTrust Inc., the bump-up in spam is the first since November 2005. "It may be a cyclical thing, or it could just be a coincidence" that these jumps happen about every six months, said Dmitri Alperovitch, CipherTrust's chief research scientist.