| MessageLabs Intelligence: August 2010 |
| Increased use of link-shortening services by spammers heralds higher volumes of URL-shortened spam |
| As the FIFA World Cup Kicks-off, Scams, Malware and Spam Attacks Intensify |
| ‘Behind the Scenes’ of Spam URLs; New Internet in Africa Attracts Spam Botnets; Soccer World Cup Themed Malware |
| Survival of the Fittest: Selfish Botnets Dominate the Spam Landscape as Rustock Becomes the Largest Botnet; Linux Takes a Share of Spam from Windows |
| The Nature of Cyber Espionage; Most Malicious File Types Identified and Encrypted Spam from Rustock |
| Spam Surges in February while Message Size Shrinks |
| Spam Sustains High Volumes Into the New Year and Targeted Zero- Day Attacks Uncovered |
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