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Stopping Zombies, Botnets, and Other Email-borne Threats
Overview Hijacked computers, or zombies, hide inside networks where they send spam, steal company secrets, and enable other serious crimes. This paper discusses how the threat has evolved, explains how zombie networks, or botnets, are created and highlights how even organizations with reliable gateway and endpoint protection are vulnerable.
- Publisher
- Sophos
- File Format
- Date Published
- Apr 8, 2008
- Format
- White Papers
- Topics
- Spyware, Intrusion Detection Systems, Denial of Service, Firewalls, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing, Security Applications, Network Security, Anti-Virus, Anti-Hacking, Security Standards, Security Tools, Best Practices, Security Management
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