Virus Activity
Postini map of virus activity.
Spam senders
CipherTrust map of spam origins.
Top Viruses
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/topten/
Sophos' Top Ten Viruses.
Spam Volume
CipherTrust 14-day spam volume.
As many as 80 percent of consumers' machines are infected with the annoying software, experts say.
http://news.com.com/2038-12_3-0-topic.html?id=6197&name=Hacking
Hacking is about money these days, not about digital graffiti.
Zombies–as hijacked PCs are known–are used to send spam and extort businesses.
http://news.com.com/2038-12_3-0-topic.html?id=6202&name=Spam+and+phishing
Phishing attacks have exploded over the past few years.
The level of spam has increased 65 percent in the past four years.
Seventy percent of all e-mail today is junk.
Most ID thieves target credit cards, followed by phone or utilities accounts, bank accounts and employer data.
As of mid-January, 2006, there were more than 150,000 known viruses.
