Email spam at 12-year low, Symantec saysJuly 18, 2015 - 12:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Email spam is at a 12-year low, security software company Symantec said, according to Digital Trends. Overall, the spam rate has dropped to 49.7 percent, making now the first time in over a decade that spam emails have fallen under 50 percent, and the first time since September 2003 that a spam rate this low had been logged. Symantec said that while phishing rates and email-based malware are down, 57.6 million new malware variants were devised in June as cybercriminals begin to pursue new methods of attack. This figure is up from the 44.5 million types of malware conceived in May and 29.2 million created in April. The consistent increase in new varieties of malware being introduced signifies that cyber threats are beginning to abandon classic email spamming in favor of more modern scamming approaches. Ransomware, a brand of malware which aims to brick devices and unlock them only in exchange for a ransom, was alarmingly up in June. Over 477,000 ransomware attacks were encountered last month, and although this number is a decrease from the number of ransomware attacks experienced in 2014, June marked the second month in a row ransomware had been up after achieving a 12-month low back in April of this year. Furthermore, cyberattacks against the manufacturing industry dropped 41 percent in May to 22 percent in June. Nevertheless, the manufacturing industry still remains as the top sector for targeted attacks, despite being more in line with its second- and third-place correspondents — finance, insurance, and real estate, and the professional sector. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. |