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It's once again time for our quarterly Spampionship charts.

We looked at the sending countries for all our spam in the first three months of 2014, and turned the figures into a League Table - the sort of league you don't want to win!...

That's because cybercrooks don't send their own spam: that would be expensive, and easy to track, and would point the finger of law enforcement right back at them.

Instead, the crooks co-opt innocent third parties - like you and me, or our friends and family - to send spam for them.

The criminals use malware-infected computers as remote control "spam robots," better known as bots or zombies, to churn out unwanted and illegal emails on their behalf.

You end up paying for the bandwidth, carrying the risk, and contributing to your country's standing in the Spampionship.

Learn more:

• http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=country
  
• https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/02/15/often-asked-questions-who-are-the-countries-with-most-hosted-malware-servers-and-other-cyber-problems/

The official Microsoft Security Blog provides in-depth discussion of security, cybersecurity and technology trends affecting trust in computing, as well as timely security news, trends, and practical security guidance.

Each week you’ll hear from Microsoft security experts who share insights and report on research and our collaborative work internally and with industry and governments around the world to build more secure software and services; to advance the IT ecosystem; and collective efforts to build a safer, more trusted Internet for everyone.

SophosLabs revealed the Dirty Dozen top spam-relaying nations, as it published the final “Spampionship” league table of 2013.

Once again,...

Spammers don't send spam themselves: they use botnets, or "zombie armies", of malware-infected computers to distribute their spam for them, almost always without the owners of the infected computers being aware.

Kasperkspy Labs recently launched a beautifully terrifying interactive map that shows online threats around the world in real time. In practice, it's a global visualization of cyber attacks that, Kaspersky hopes, will motivate you to buy their security software. But it's still a hell of a spectacle.

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Learn more about it on reading:

• http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/visual-cyber-security-see-attacks-on-real-time/

Huge infographic: Which countries are most infected? Which malware spreads most? What are top malware categories? (It's not viruses!) What are the biggest botnets?

Unlike conventional sporting events such as the Superbowl, the Six Nations or the Bundesliga, the SPAMPIONSHIP is one title that no team wants to win.

Find out who finished where...