Comments on: Survey: UK Lags US in Using the Cloud to Combat Spam [INFOGRAPHIC]

By: J. Paul

J. Paul — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:10:35 +0000

It’s really surprising that so few companies on both sides of the pond use cloud based antispam. Probably they are just unaware of this option? It can’t be the price that is stopping them for sure. Yet, it is not surprising that almost the majority go for a one-in-all security protection because this is the easiest route and it will take a really good education to make them break this habit.

By: Washington Despi

Washington Despi — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:16:34 +0000

Those people (approximately six percent of them) who were surveyed that said they don’t know what spam can do to them and their system are probably the most ignorant persons in the world. I mean, come on!!! Even my kids know that spam has malicious links and can phish attack.

Either these people do not know how the Internet works or they are just too ignorant about the world around them. Moreover, these people are the usual victims of spams and online scam because they can’t and don’t have any way of telling what is a valid email. Hello Nigerian scams.

By: Rickey Messa

Rickey Messa — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:41:25 +0000

I’m quite surprised that five percent of businesses still do not use or have any type of anti-spam solutions. The survey should have known what are these businesses. Are these home-based enterprises owned by moms or are they family-owned with irregular office setups (much typically operated in houses)?

We are now in a hi-tech world. Even my 8-year old and 6-year old kids know how to use an anti-virus and anti-spam software. For this reason, businesses, even as small as having only three to five employees should have some sort of anti-spam solution. They can even use the free ones for a start. Some Internet service providers even offer anti-spam packages for their customers.

By: Jarred LeFebvre

Jarred LeFebvre — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:49:34 +0000

Marvin

That’s a great point. As an example, you can read about a malware-laden spam campaign pretending to be from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over at our GFI Labs blog that was just posted today. These spammers are targeting businesses and trying to get readers to execute a Blackhole exploit kit with malware that targets vulnerabilities in popular software from Adobe, Microsoft and others.

US Securities and Exchange Commission Spam Leads to Exploit and Stealer
http://www.gfi.com/blog/us-securities-and-exchange-commission-spam-leads-to-exploit-and-stealer/

By: Danny Huston

Danny Huston — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:02:50 +0000

This is very understandable as more small and medium enterprises are using the cloud computing platform in the United States. The country’s cloud figures and statistics are very much comparable to the whole Europe. The US is also the home of cloud software innovations. In effect, more organizations and enterprise in the country are aware of hosted anti-spam’s capabilities in running the business.

However, the United Kingdom is a growing market for hosted anti-spam software – much like in the emerging ICT markets of China, India, Russia, and Brazil.

By: Marvin Winters

Marvin Winters — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:47:45 +0000

Nice to see the majority of business educating their users. What I take from this survey is that while we see headlines all the time talking about spam at an all-time low, the reality is simply a focus in attention away from the gullible grandmas and the kids drowning in student loan debt looking for a get-rich-quick scheme. The focus of spam is being shifted towards business, to access company credit accounts, to gain access to files and proprietary tools and information that can be sold, and so on. That’s a headline for you right there.