The July report also noted that Hong Kong was dethroned by Saudi Arabia to become the world's most spammed geography in the world. Saudi Arabia's' spam rate for the month was recorded at 85.6 percent while Hong Kong's rate was 76.8 per cent.

However, the month also saw a rise in the spam rate of Malaysia, at 77 percent, toppling Hong Kong as the most spammed in the Asia Pacific. The other most spammed countries in the Asia Pacific were Singapore, with a rate 75.7 percent; India, at 76 percent; and Japan, with a rate of 74.7 percent.

In Australia, phishing activity accounted for one in 850.8 e-mails and one in 2,503 in Hong Kong; for Japan, it was one in 13,167 and one in 872.9 for Singapore, the July report also noted.

In the July report, Symantec also listed best practice guidelines for enterprises, including monitoring network threats, and employing a comprehensive security solution and not just an anti-virus solution.