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• America continues to spam the world

  The US remains the world's biggest spammer, according to security firm Sophos, which today released its quarterly report on the world's top spam-offending countries -- dubbed the "Dirty Dozen".

• Russia steals malware gold from China

  Russia has passed China to become the largest generator of spyware and other malicious code, according to a report.

• US cooks up most spam

  Want to know the biggest exporter in the world's spam trade? Here's a hint: It's the country with one of the newest laws regulating it.

• Study: Five countries send 99 percent of spam

  Offers of drugs, particularly Viagra, accounted for about one-third of global spam messages sent in the first half of 2004, according to a study by Commtouch, a company that sells anti-spam products.

• Most spam still coming from the US

  Almost a quarter of the world's spam in the last three months of 2005 was sent from computers in the United States, according to UK antivirus company Sophos.

Features and Case Studies (3)

• A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

  Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

• Block spam at the server with Postfix

  Fighting spam is job one after implementing a Postfix e-mail system. The default configuration will not stop all the spam. Fortunately, there are a few techniques at your disposal that you can use to minimise the effects of spam.

• Russia's cybercrime-fighting Bond villain

  Antivirus guru Eugene Kaspersky says the lure of fame and fortune have resulted in a higher number of criminal activity on the Internet.

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