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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:20 PM

Published 07/01/2009 by ReadWriteWeb


When it Comes to Spam, Everything Old is New Again

spam_logo_jul09.jpgGoogle released some interesting data about the volume and types of attacks its spam detection software identified over the last quarter. According to Google, overall spam levels in the second quarter of 2009 were 53% higher than during the first quarter,...

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