Spam sucks and no matter what kind of filters we set up or how sensitive our junk settings are, spam will find a way to worm into our inboxes. So which country is responsible for the most spam? Oh, that'd be us.
In a recent study by IT security firm, Sophos, it emerged that America is responsible for 13.1 percent of spam. India came in second, accounting for 7.3 percent and Brazil took the bronze with 6.8 percent.
Sophos points out that China often blamed for cybercrime by other countries has disappeared from the "dirty dozen," coming in at 15th place with responsibility for relaying just 1.9% of the worlds spam.
"All eyes arent so much on which countries are on the list, but the one which isnt," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "China has earned itself a bad reputation in many countries eyes for being the launch pad of targeted attacks against foreign companies and government networks, but at least in the last 12 months they have demonstrated that the proportion of spam relayed by their computers has steadily declined."
Tom's Hardware
Not surprising since the US is one of the countries which has the most internet users for its population compared to other countries where most of the population is too poor to go online.
Plus, now that the economy is so bad more people thinking of spamming to earn a quick buck.
In a recent study by IT security firm, Sophos, it emerged that America is responsible for 13.1 percent of spam. India came in second, accounting for 7.3 percent and Brazil took the bronze with 6.8 percent.
Sophos points out that China often blamed for cybercrime by other countries has disappeared from the "dirty dozen," coming in at 15th place with responsibility for relaying just 1.9% of the worlds spam.
"All eyes arent so much on which countries are on the list, but the one which isnt," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. "China has earned itself a bad reputation in many countries eyes for being the launch pad of targeted attacks against foreign companies and government networks, but at least in the last 12 months they have demonstrated that the proportion of spam relayed by their computers has steadily declined."
Tom's Hardware
Not surprising since the US is one of the countries which has the most internet users for its population compared to other countries where most of the population is too poor to go online.
Plus, now that the economy is so bad more people thinking of spamming to earn a quick buck.
