World Cup Good for Spammers

The World Cup begins today and spammers have already joined the party, releasing spam messages that target individuals searching for World Cup information. Presently, the amount of World Cup-related spam is relatively small compared to total spam amounts but it has increased, according to F-Secure.

“It’s still just a small percentage of spam overall (under 2%) but when comparing the first three days from the last six months, we see a doubling in volume and 74 times the number of hits on related keywords from January to June,” F-Secure’s Sean Sullivan writes. “As the tournament continues from June to July 11th, we expect to see more related threats. A good example? SEO poisoning.”

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