Got Spam?
Jim S. Tiller · Information Systems Security · 2005
According to Symantec's March 2005 threat report, spam, usually defined as junk or unsolicited e-mail, made up over 60 percent of all e-mail traffic during the reporting period from July to December 2004. By anyone's definition, that is a lot of junk e-mail. But, as security professionals know, spam is much more than an annoyance and can adversely affect system and data integrity. Moreover, its existence can be an indicator of a much larger issue.