Social networking sites and mobile phones used to spread unwanted messages, as United States retains top spot in Dirty Dozen spam-relaying countries. IT security and control firm Sophos has published its report on the latest trends in spam, and revealed the top twelve spam-relaying countries for the second quarter of 2008.

The investigation reveals a disturbing rise in the level of email spam travelling across the internet between April-June 2008, and how some spammers are now using Facebook and cellphones to spread their messages. By June 2008, research reveals that the level of spam had risen to 96.5% of all business email. Having risen from a figure of 92.3% in the first three months of the year, corporations are now facing the fact that only one in 28 emails is legitimate. Only one in 28 emails legitimate, Sophos report reveals rising tide of spam in April - June 2008

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