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As Russians Ready for Fatherland Day, Spammers Take Advantage

27

Feb

2013

Major events and holidays have always been a time for celebrations. Unfortunately, it also attracts unscrupulous spammers searching to make a quick offer. Symantec observes that spam email usually spikes in conjunction with these holidays.One such occasion is Defender of the Fatherland Day observed on February 23, which is a Russian holiday in countries of […]

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Enterprise Traffic Decrease In Wake of Hurricane Sandy

31

Oct

2012

We have received several requests inquiring as to the changes in enterprise Internet activity in the regions impacted by Hurricane Sandy. There is no question that the hurricane impacted the US in a variety of ways. Zscaler provides security and policy enforcement for web and email network traffic for Enterprise users, while in the office […]

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Rise of .in URLs in Spam

15

May

2012

Symantec has observed an increase in spam messages containing URLs using the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. This chart shows percentage of spam containing .in URLs: While there were few daily spikes last year, clearly there has been more activity in the last two months. Looking back at last year, the ccTLD for […]

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