"Half of Global Emails Were Spam in 2021"

Security researchers at Kaspersky recently published their Spam and Phishing in 2021 report.  In 2021 nearly half of emails destined for inboxes were classed as spam, with Russia the biggest culprit.  Most of the spam came from machines in Russia (25%), followed by Germany (14%), the US (10%), and China (9%).  The vendor said it blocked over 148 million malicious email attachments in 2021, with credential-stealing Trojans from the Agensla family the most common type, accounting for 9% of the total.  Kaspersky’s anti-phishing technology blocked over 253 million phishing attempts during the year, and the firm claimed that 8% of global users faced at least one such attack.  Brazilian (12%), French (12%), and Portuguese (11%) users were the most frequently targeted by attackers.  The researchers also found that online stores (18%), internet portals (17%), and payment systems (13%) were the most commonly spoofed in phishing attacks.  

Infosecurity reports: "Half of Global Emails Were Spam in 2021"