2008 was a record year for spam and viruses, according to figures released today by managed security firm, Network Box.

The company estimates that, on average, businesses in the UK were required to block: 1.2 million spam messages; 44,000 email-borne viruses; 1.3 million attempted intrusion attacks; 6.3 million attempted firewall hacks; and access to nearly 500,000 blacklisted websites. (This is based on a "per box" average of Network Box's customers.)

Around 2.7 million signatures were released by Network Box in 2008, as part of 16,800 PUSH updates (updates automatically "pushed" out to customers as they become available), to protect against new malware threats.

2009 will see a fundamental breakthrough in the battle against spam, says Network Box. The company's "eMail Relationship" system, a game-changing development in the fight against spam, is due to launch in early 2009, making it virtually impossible for spammers to use their existing databases.

eMail Relationship from Network Box will offer customers significant improvements on any existing spam detection technology, by analysing not just content and IP address, but by applying learning from email user behaviour and relationships, to understand which emails are welcomed by the user, and which are unsolicited spam.

See tmcnet.com for the full story.

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