This is the first time that spammers have tapped into the resources of automated language translation tools in a major way, says the report, which adds that, with spam levels globally remaining at a two-year high of approximately 90 per cent, local language spam now accounts for a high proportion of the traffic, running at levels of 46 per cent in Germany and 53 per cent in France.
In The Netherlands, says the report, 25 per cent of spam is in Dutch, whilst in Japan 62.3 per cent is in non-English languages and in China this percentile reached 54.7 per cent.
Commenting on the July report, Paul Wood, MessageLabs Intelligence senior analyst, said that once again, spammers have turned to their online toolbox, the Internet, for their latest tactics.
"Translation services and templates enable the spammers to push out multiple-language spam attacks and some dubious translations through the use of poor online services highlight the use of these antics," he said.
"Non-English spam now accounts for one in every 20 spam messages, a figure we'll be closely monitoring to see if spammers continue with their global expansion," he added.
Delving into the report reveals that, with the number of new Web sites harbouring malware and other potentially unwanted programs identified each day reaching a nine month high of 3,618, this suggests that that previously used malware is being more widely distributed to other sites.
The report also noted the presence of shortened URLs in spam has skyrocketed with three significant spam bursts occurring during July, pushing this type of spam to account for 6.2 per cent of all spammed messages - its peak - on July 9.