Going back to basics to fight botnets

Beyond tricking someone to click on a link, botnets take advantage of users’ actions that go against long-established security best practices, such as turning off network-security software to increase performance. Users often will cut corners for performance gains, regardless of the vulnerability they bring to the enterprise. Malware can even spread unintentionally through emails coming from friends and colleagues. Therefore, users should not only know whether to trust the person sending the email, they should also have certain knowledge that the person had a clear intent to include an attachment or link. The same rules apply for the use of links and video on IM, short message service and social-networking sites.

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