The January State of Spam report shows that as 2007 ended, spam surged and accounted for 75 percent of all email, increasing to 83 percent in the last few days leading up to the holiday season. The December State of Spam report had showed that 72% of email traffic was spam.

Spammers changed their techniques for the holidays by inserting seasonal oriented keywords into URLs, subject lines, and embedded images within their messages. The objective here was to implant the holiday spirit into the readers’ minds and provide blatant gift-giving ideas. Symantec Security Response Weblog: January State of Spam Report

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