Cybercrime

Apparently cybercriminals are getting smarter. Some of the more interesting facts in this story include:
Spam accounts for 90% of e-mail.
There are now businesses in China and India whose employees are tasked with typing in those text picture tests that you have to fill out to open some accounts online.
E-mail attachment attacks have decreased significantly over the years.

It is hard to believe that so much of the world's email is spam, but I suppose we should not be surprised. The majority of e-mail I get on my regular G-Mail account is spam. It should also be disheartening that even the picture tests are not enough to stop spammers from getting new accounts. At least we can be consoled by the fact that there are less attachment attacks, although it is possible they have just been replaced with more sinister types of attacks.

Cisco: Cybercriminals more savvy than ever in 2008
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1342560,00.html