Symantec circulated a message to the press that it stopped some 3.5 million spams over the 4th of July weekend that were using the holiday as a lure. 3.5 million seemed like quite a bit, so I inquired: Is this the largest Spam haul they've had for a holiday?
According their spokesperson, they don't officially track by holiday, but that 3.5 million is actually lower than some previous holiday-related Spam loads. Christmas, the granddaddy of commercial holidays, generates the most Spam.
Why go after the 4th of July though at all? I would think most people are offline and not looking at e-mail, making the spam attack much less effective. Will be interesting to see what Labor Day brings, but no need to rush the summer.
SecurityBlog is written by Network World Multimedia Editor Jason Meserve
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