Damballa

Photo: A screen grab of a fraud email received by a Damballa employee.

Employees receive "payroll" notices from cybercriminals 2009

Gunter Ollmann, research director at Damballa and a leading botnet expert, says ZeuS is like the iPhone of hacking tools, spawning a multitude of third party plug-in applications.

Why becoming a data thief is all too easy 2010

Several employees at tech security firm Damballa, a former PayChoice client, received the ruses, says Tripp Cox, Damballa's vice president of engineering.

Employees receive "payroll" notices from cybercriminals 2009

Damballa researchers determined that clicking on the link actually downloaded a variant of the ZeuS banking Trojan.

Employees receive "payroll" notices from cybercriminals 2009

Gunter Ollman, head of research at security firm Damballa, says there is a "high probability" that Chinese nationals were involved in the attacks on Google and the other corporations.

Google's alleged tie-up with NSA raises concerns 2010

The attacks Wednesday were part of a recent series by supporters and enemies of WikiLeaks, said Gunter Ollmann of Internet security firm Damballa.

Pro-WikiLeaks cyberattacks show growing threat 2010

"We're investigating a new peer-to-peer botnet that may wind up rivaling Storm in size and sophistication," says Tripp Cox, vice president of engineering for startup Damballa, which tracks botnet command and control infrastructures.

Boing Boing 2007

In parts of Africa people still call him Damballa, the Beast.

Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000

In parts of Africa people still call him Damballa, the Beast.

Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000

In parts of Africa people still call him Damballa, the Beast.

Cradle and All Patterson, James, 1947- 2000