Phishing attacks have increased by 59 percent in 2017, compared to the figure in 2016, according to a report published by Kaspersky Lab. The average amount of spam in 2017 decreased to 56.63 percent, which is 1.68 percent less than in 2016. The U.S. was the most popular source of spam, followed by Chima (11.25 percent), Vietnam (9.85 percent), India, Germany, Russia, Brazil, France and Italy. Germany was the country that was most targeted by malicious emails. Brazil had the largest percentage of users (29.02%) affected by phishing attacks.”]
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