Dan Hubbard

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The Blurring Lines Between Spam and Cybercrime: A Security Researcher’s Perspective on Evolving Spam Techniques

Despite the proliferation of anti-spam solutions on the market, spam levels are at an all-time high. By some estimates, more than 90 percent of all email sent in 2007 was spam. Why? As global Internet usage increases, the potential financial gain through spam is lucrative. Even with low response rates and better spam detection technology, it continues to rise because both unethical marketers and cybercriminals recognize spam as the cheapest method to reach the largest number of potential targets.

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