Global Threatscape Report mid-year 2013 Download

AppRiver published its first half of 2013 edition of its Global Threatscape Report.
AppRiver reports primarily shows the same things getting worse. Spam, which dipped during 2012, is increasing again,spam traffic has nearly doubled over the total number of spam messages seen in January and is at the highest levels we have seen since November 2011." Europe is the most common source for spam, "driven in large part by the colossal spike in traffic from Belarus."
We've also moved on from the whispers and suspicions of cyber espionage to governments openly discussing the fact that these are a common tactic for a new world. All sides, mostly, admit to either foraging for big data to help gain governmental or business advantages, or to directly attacking systems, or to pilfering through critical infrastructures.
The fact is, is that the Internet has far evolved past a simple means to share information; it is now a tool to be used for nearly anything, good or bad.