If you thought that malware propagation through email was a dying art, or that spam is fairly harmless, think again.  We are currently seeing increased levels of spam-borne malware.  Our figures over the last three months show an increasing trend in the proportion of malicious spam.  In the week ending 8 August, this figure spiked to over 6% of spam, or in other words, 6 out of every 100 spam messages.

So what are the underlying reasons for all this activity?

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