Where's Your Spam Coming From?

For Americans, here's a trend we can be proud of. Apparently, in 2009, the 6.6 trillion spam messages originating from the United States was down 20.3% from the previous year. In fact, eSecurityPlanet.com author Sean Michael Kerner, citing statistics compiled by Cisco, reports that Brazil's spam output, up 193%, rose enough for it to claim the 2009 distinction as "top spamming" nation. In the big picture, I'm not sure that this result means anything terribly significant. Regardless of where you are in the world, it is likely that your future includes more undesirable spam than you want. On the world-wide web, geographical source probably changes little about the nature of and exposure to spam. This Blind Bambi just finds factoids like this interesting and wanted to share.