Global spam mail volumes have been reduced by about a third following the takedown of the Rustock botnet, reported Symantec. This number is expected to decrease further after Trend Micro announced it ...

There has been a significant rise in the amount of spam originating from Chinese domains, according to the latest statistics from security vendor Symantec. In a report issued on Monday, Symantec noted ...

Spam levels may have risen in the past few weeks, but they still are lower than what users have grown accustomed to seeing, according to a new report from Symantec. In its MessageLabs Intelligence ...

Global spam fell to the lowest level in three years in a sign that spammers may be getting a better rate of return by hitting social-media websites instead, according to the latest figures on Tuesday ...

Online spammers are increasingly using .gov URLs to spam the general public by taking advantage of a the between USA.gov and URL shortening service bitly.com, according to Symantec. In a new blog post ...

Mother's Day is May 10 and as expected, Symantec researchers, in their May State of Spam report, saw an abundance of spam taking advantage of this gift-giving holiday. The chart, included in the ...

A new version of Symantec’s gateway anti-virus product adds features that will block spam e-mail messages, according to a statement released by the company on Monday. The new anti-spam features are ...