Spam rates hit five-year low, but phishing is on the rise

Thanks to successful botnet shutdowns, the amount of spam oozing through the Internet has dropped considerably over the past year, driving the overall percentage of unwanted email messages to depths unseen since 2006. Phishing, however, is on the rise, according to Symantec's June 2011 "State of Spam & Phishing Report" (PDF).
InfoWorld Tech Watch 17 Jun, 2011
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