Damballa is a leading data security company that detects and defeats online threats including viruses, botnets and malware. The company’s innovative work with data science has generated a number of patents.
Damballa’s core technology emerged from pioneering research at Georgia Tech, conducted by a group of computer science researchers who anticipated in 2005 the growing threat of botnets – zombie armies of infected computers under hacker control. The Georgia Tech researchers developed algorithms to identify the unique web traffic patterns and key communication signatures generated by botnets as they interact across the net.
The company’s security tools monitor networks in real time to identify compromised devices. Offering services to enterprise networks, internet service providers and mobile carriers, Damballa now monitors more than half a billion devices and analyzes nearly 15% of global web traffic – harvesting more than 25 billion samples every day.
Drawing on its years of data filtering, Damballa uses machine-learning techniques to continually improve its threat protection solutions, adapting to anticipate threats in an evolving field.
Note: Damballa was acquired by K1 Capital in 2016.
Company website: Damballa
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Total raised: $40M
Investors 2
Date | Name | Website |
- | Georgia Re... | gra.org |
05.08.2020 | InterWest ... | interwest.... |
Funding Rounds 3
Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
22.04.2014 | - | $13M | - |
17.09.2012 | - | $15M | - |
11.02.2011 | - | $12M | - |
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26.06.2015 | Click fraud provides the gateway to ransomware | Just as drug dealers try to get people hooked on progressively more addictive substances, it seems t... | betanews.c... |
22.04.2015 | You're more likely to be struck by lightning than hit by mob... | We constantly see stories about the latest threat from malware, particularly relating to mobile devi... | betanews.c... |
13.04.2015 | Symantec is wrong -- antivirus software isn't dead | Each time someone reports that antivirus is dead, a hacker gets his wings (and I get furious). With ... | betanews.c... |
12.02.2015 | Antivirus tools miss almost 70 percent of malware within the... | Threat protection company Damballa has released its latest State of Infections report for the fourth... | betanews.c... |
16.01.2015 | The cost of dealing with false positive malware alerts | False positives are often accepted as a fact of life with anti-virus programs but a new survey commi... | betanews.c... |
16.01.2015 | Survey says security products waste our time | reader comments 64 with 51 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitte... | arstechnic... |
24.10.2014 | Point of sale malware infections show sharp rise | Threat protection specialist Damballa has released its threat protection report for the third quarte... | betanews.c... |
13.08.2014 | It's a cyber stick-up -- state of infection report reveals r... | Ransomware is on the rise according the the latest report from enterprise threat protection speciali... | betanews.c... |
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