<ul><li>The United States is currently the largest source of spam emails in the world, responsible for 57% of global spam according to VIPRE's Q1 2025 Email Threat Trends Report.</li><li>The expansion of data centers in the US poses challenges for spam enforcement and leads to greater threats, with cybercriminals focusing more on human-targeted phishing techniques.</li><li>67% of the analyzed spam was malicious, linked to phishing or malware, with a rise in callback phishing attempts and the popularity of using PDFs and SVGs to deceive users.</li><li>The manufacturing sector is the top target for email-based attacks, and there has been a shift in malware landscape with XRed malware family taking the lead in attacks.</li></ul>

Security team confirms a disturbing trend: the US is the largest spammer in the world and that's only going to get worse

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