42244 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>He added: </p> <blockquote> <p> <em>“This is really an unexpected and encouraging first in Internet fraud statistics. As e-commerce goes on rising, we are used to corresponding increases in fraudsters’ activities to capitalise on it.”</em> </p> </blockquote> <p>Meanwhile, it was reported this week that spam levels in the first week of January have <a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8054">suddenly fallen by 30%</a>. It is believed that this was caused by spammers losing control of one of their ‘botnets’ - networks of infected PCs used to spew out spam.</p> <p>It seems this sudden fall, though welcome, is merely a blip. Email security firm <a href="http://www.postini.com/news_events/pr/pr011007.php">Postini</a> has reported that spam continues to grow at record rates, accounting for 94% of all email traffic in December. </p> <p>Postini blocked more than 25 billion spam messages in December, representing a 144% increase from December 2005 to December 2006.<br /><br /><strong>Further Reading:<br /></strong><a href="/blog/686-one-in-three-uk-companies-flout-spam-laws">One in three UK companies flout spam laws</a></p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>He added: </Paragraph> <Block> <Paragraph> <Quote>“This is really an unexpected and encouraging first in Internet fraud statistics. As e-commerce goes on rising, we are used to corresponding increases in fraudsters’ activities to capitalise on it.”</Quote> </Paragraph> </Block> <Paragraph>Meanwhile, it was reported this week that spam levels in the first week of January have <Link URL="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8054" Window="New">suddenly fallen by 30%</Link>. It is believed that this was caused by spammers losing control of one of their ‘botnets’ - networks of infected PCs used to spew out spam.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>It seems this sudden fall, though welcome, is merely a blip. Email security firm <Link URL="http://www.postini.com/news_events/pr/pr011007.php" Window="New">Postini</Link> has reported that spam continues to grow at record rates, accounting for 94% of all email traffic in December. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Postini blocked more than 25 billion spam messages in December, representing a 144% increase from December 2005 to December 2006.<LineBreak /><LineBreak /><Emphasis>Further Reading:<LineBreak /></Emphasis><Link URL="/blog/686-one-in-three-uk-companies-flout-spam-laws" Window="New">One in three UK companies flout spam laws</Link></Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-01-12T14:00:00+00:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Despite an increase in online shopping over the Christmas period, levels of online credit card fraud actually fell, according to anti-fraud organisation Early Warning.</strong> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.early-warning.org/index.php4">Early Warning</a> MD Andrew Goodwill puts the drop in fraud down to increased awareness by online retailers of the risk of card fraud, and the measures they have taken to combat fraud. </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Despite an increase in online shopping over the Christmas period, levels of online credit card fraud actually fell, according to anti-fraud organisation Early Warning.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://www.early-warning.org/index.php4" Window="New">Early Warning</Link> MD Andrew Goodwill puts the drop in fraud down to increased awareness by online retailers of the risk of card fraud, and the measures they have taken to combat fraud. </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 709 362461 Online fraud and spam levels fall false 2007-01-15T13:37:00+00:00 online-fraud-and-spam-levels-fall 2009-04-30T04:03:24+01:00 2009-04-30T04:03:24+01:00 296