Image spam a growing headache

Image spam, which is designed to foil automated text-based spam filters, has proved to be so successful that its use has risen dramatically, security experts at Symantec Corp. said today.

It now accounts for an average of 35 per cent of all spam on the Internet, says Symantec's monthly State of Spam report for January. The total number of image spam messages rose from about 30 per cent in July, 2006, to about 39 per cent in December

» The globe and mail - Jack Kapica - 25-01-2007

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