Spam is no joke, according to security experts at the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) conference this week in San Francisco. The annual San Francisco meeting of Internet security experts, reviewed once again the serious problems facing companies and their computers on a daily basis.

Ninety percent of the world's email is spam, causing enormous headaches and serious trouble for companies large and small. In the last week of January, anti-spam experts from Cisco say the amount of spam topped 400 billion messages a day.

It's no surprise that your systems are clogged, and you are working overtime to keep your computers clear of menacing emails. Cybercriminals are getting smarter and more sophisticated, according to experts at the conference.

Spam is a global problem, according to these experts. The source of spam from the United States and Brazil, which had been the leading countries producing it, dropped off. And spam from other countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Vietnam and India, has been growing.

For more on the growth of spam:
- see this MercuryNews.com article

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