two contrasting trends for e-mail security: whereas spam levels underwent a
dramatic decline in December, phishing e-mail experienced explosive growth: its
share increased by 194% in December and by a further 214% in January. By
contrast, overall spam levels declined by 70.3% in December and experienced
only a slight increase of 9.7% in January. That put spam volumes at the lowest
rate since early 2007. Those are the findings presented today in the February