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Stopping zombies, botnets and other email-borne threats
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. The paper also outlines the need for organizations to protect themselves with a tool for detecting zombies and other email-borne threats.
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