Sophos spam zombie statistics

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

It would be really useful if Sophos also published statistics by ISP on spam
originate from spam zombies.

Richard

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=4085

Sophos reveals latest spam relaying countries
Posted on 24 July 2006.

Experts at SophosLabs scanned all spam messages received in the company's
global network of spam traps, and have revealed that for the first time in
more than two years, the United States has failed to make inroads into its
spam-relaying problem. The US remains stuck at the top of the chart and is
the source of 23.2 percent of the world's spam. Its closest rivals are China
and South Korea, although both of these nations have managed to reduce their
statistics since Q1 2006. The vast majority of this spam is relayed by
'zombies', also known as botnet computers, hijacked by Trojan horses, worms
and viruses under the control of hackers.

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