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Image spam levels fluctuating, say vendors

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The most recent monthly spam report from Symantec saw a decrease in image spam — a technique using embedded images to bypass phishing filters — that had been growing in popularity this year.Image spam accounted for 27 percent of all captured April spam, a 10 percent drop from March, according to the report. Spam accounted for 65 percent of all email at the SMTP layer.However, Doug Bowers, senior director of anti-abuse engineering at Symantec, told SCMagazine.com today that it’s far too early to write off image spam.

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