India unsurps US as world’s top source of spam

Security firm Sophos has published a report stating that in Q1 of 2012, India overtook the US the world’s number one source of spam. While the report noted the overall amount of spam had decreased globally due to better control from ISPs, India’s rise was highlighted because of the growing Internet using population.

The top 12 spam-relaying countries for January to March 2012 are as follows:

1. India-9.3 percent
2. USA – 8.3 percent
3. South Korea – 5.7 percent
4. Indonesia- 5.0 percent
5. Russia- 5.0 percent
6. Italy- 4.9 percent
7. Brazil-4.3 percent
8. Poland-3.9 percent
9. Pakistan-3.3 percent
10. Vietnam-3.2 percent
11. Taiwan-2.9 percent
12. Peru-2.5 percent
13. Others-41.7 percent

Additionally, the report noted that 46.7 percent of the world spam came from Asia, 26.9 percent of the spam came from Europe and 11.9 percent of the spam came from South America. North America contributed 10.9 percent to the global kitty of spam and Africa contributed only 3 percent.