Damballa (Company) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Damballa is a computer security company focused on advanced cyber threats such as modern malware, advanced persistent threats and botnets. Damballa was founded in Atlanta, Georgia by Merrick Furst, an associate dean in the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing; he was joined by two Georgia Tech colleagues, Wenke Lee, and David Dagon. It is named after Damballa, a Vodou snake god that protects against zombies, with the implication that Damballa protects against "zombie" computers operating as part of botnets. Two venture capital firms, Sigma Partners and Nora Mosely Partners, and angel investors Imlay Investments, provided it with a combined US$2.5 million in Series A funding.