Zombie: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Zombie

  • a business that continues to trade even though it is officially insolvent

Wiktionary Definition for: Zombie

  • A snake god in religions of West Africa and elsewhere
  • cattag fiction A person that is undead; a reanimated corpse.
  • A person that is apathetic.
  • An information worker who has signed a non-disclosure clause, in return for employment.
  • computing A process or task which has terminated but was not removed from the list of processes, typically because it has child processes that have not yet terminated.
  • computing A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge.
  • A drink of rum and fruit juices
  • cattag Canadian English dated A conscripted member of the army during World War 2 who was assigned to home defence rather than leaving for Europe.

Additional Resources

CipherTrust online resource tracks zombie activity
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Research articles 2005-05-30
BMG Interactive Signs Publishing Agreement With Zombie Strategic Partnership Delivers Immersive VR Games to Next Generation Players
SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 2, 1996--BMG Interactive, a major new force in entertainment software, today announced it has signed a multi-title publishing agreement with Zombie -- an innovative developer of virtual reality VR game software for next generation players.
Tags: agreement, Bertelsmann Music Group, INTERACTIVE
Research articles 1996-05-02
CipherTrust Proves Worldwide Phishing Attacks Originate From Less Than Five Zombie Network Operators
CipherTrust, Inc., the leader in messaging security, today released the findings of an analysis of real-world e-mail messages collected from companies worldwide which use IronMail, CipherTrust's award-winning messaging security appliance. Most significant is evidence that fewer than five zombie network operators are responsible for all Internet phishing attacks worldwide.
Tags: network, phishing
Research articles 2004-10-18
6 Steps To Help Secure Your Brand-New PC
It takes only 20 minutes for an un-patched and unprotected computer to be attacked once connected to the Internet. In that time, your pristine computer could be turned into a zombie. Zombies are machines that have been secretly taken over by hackers. The zombie networks are leased to criminals who...
Tags: PC, Productivity, Computer, Zombie, Credit Card
White papers
Cloudmark Launches Comprehensive "Zombie" Prevention Strategy for Service Providers
With billions of spam, virus and phishing messages being sent daily from hijacked PCs, messaging security leader Cloudmark, Inc. has launched an extensive effort to help service providers detect, remediate and prevent attacks from computer "zombies." Intelligence and analytics gathered from the global network of service providers protected by Cloudmark...
Tags: service provider, strategy
Research articles 2006-10-17
CALIFORNIA SUIT LATEST SHOT AT NIKE LABOR: ON HEELS OF MOVIE, TV PROBES, NIKE SAYS IT DOESN'T 'WHINE'.(treatment of Asian workers)
BOSTON -- Like a mutant zombie from an old B-movie, the controversy surrounding Nike's overseas factory workers refuses to die. BOSTON -- Like a mutant zombie from an old B-movie, the controversy surrounding Nike's overseas factory workers refuses to die.
Tags: information technology, movie, Nike Inc., TV
Research articles 1998-04-27
Aspyr Media and Wideload Games Announce Stubbs the Zombie in ``Rebel without a Pulse'' for the Xbox, PC and Mac; Wideload Games Unveils its First Title
AUSTIN, Texas -- Aspyr Media, Inc., an entertainment publisher delivering fun in the form of games, music and DVDs, and game developer Wideload Games, Inc., today unearthed their upcoming game, Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel without a Pulse." Guaranteed to turn some heads, this third-person action game is an original...
Tags: Apple Macintosh, game, Microsoft Xbox, PC
Research articles 2004-10-29
The war for the woods.(ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING)(Viewpoint essay)
Have you ever heard of Schrodinger's cat? It was the original high-tech zombie--alive and dead at the same time. Northern development is lot like Schrodinger' cat. Have you ever heard of Schrodinger's cat? It was the original high-tech zombie--alive and dead at the same...
Research articles 2007-11-01
Commtouch Releases Year-End Email Threat Report
Massive, Indestructible Zombie Networks Threaten Internet
Tags: e-mail
Research articles 2008-01-08
Atari's ``Shadow Ops: Red Mercury'' for Xbox Goes Gold; Zombie, Inc. Completes Development on Interactive Summer Blockbuster
Business & Entertainment Editors
Tags: Blockbuster Inc., Microsoft Xbox
Research articles 2004-05-21
CipherTrust Introduces TrustedSource 3.0 - the Most Precise Reputation System - to Slay Zombie Networks
ATLANTA -- New Technology Reduces E-Mail Threats By Rating Sender Legitimacy for Every IP Address in the World
Tags: network
Research articles 2005-01-31
Acclaim drives Sega trio.(Brief Article)
Games pull in for PlayStation 2 this summer Sega arcade and Dreamcast hits Crazy Taxi, 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker and Zombie Revenge are heading for PlayStation 2 this summer, but Sega won't be publishing them. ...
Tags: Sony PlayStation 2
Research articles 2001-03-12
BIG, NEW QUALITY FOR THE SMALL SCREEN.(direct-to-video market)(Brief Article)
THE DIRECT-TO-VIDEO MARKET HAS GROWN FROM A COLLECTION OF QUICKIE GENRE ENTERTAINMENT--EROTIC THRILLERS STARRING BUXOM STARLETS NAMED SHANNON TWEED AND WHIRRY, URBAN SHOOT 'EM UPS, SCIENCE-FICTION THRILLERS AND ZOMBIE EXTRAVAGANZAS--TO INCLUDE WE THE DIRECT-TO-VIDEO MARKET HAS GROWN FROM A COLLECTION OF QUICKIE GENRE...
Tags: Disney Corp., video
Research articles 2001-03-26
Warner builds direct-to-video with franchises. (Warner Home Video)
Warner Home Video hopes to dress its two original sell-through releases Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and Addams Family Reunion (street Sept. 22, prebook Aug. 25) as successes this Halloween by decking them out in promotions for retailers and consumers Warner Home Video hopes to dress its...
Tags: Halloween, Kraft, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Research articles 1998-07-20
MX Logic Reports 13 Percent of Spam Messages Use Email Authentication Schemes
DENVER -- Zombie PCs Account for 51 Percent of Spam in January; CAN-SPAM Compliance Drops
Tags: e-mail, spam message
Research articles 2005-02-10
MX Logic Reports Compliance with Anti-Spam Law Increased to 6 Percent in November; Highest Monthly Compliance to Date
DENVER -- Zombie Networks Responsible for as Much as 69 Percent of Daily Spam; Users Urged to Protect Their PCs During Holiday Season
Tags: anti-spam, compliance
Research articles 2004-12-13
Daiei, Japan's one-stop 'zombie' shop, faces a closing down sale.
Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Research articles 2004-08-29
Conglomerate Mergers And Range Effects: It’s A Long Way From Chicago To Brussels
In the 1960s, the United States experienced a wave of conglomerate mergers, driven in part by overly restrictive antitrust policies toward horizontal and vertical mergers. In response, the U.S. antitrust agencies and courts developed a number of theories of competitive harm with colorful names like deep pockets, reciprocal dealing, and...
Tags: Merger, Antitrust, Article, U.S. Department Of Justice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Security, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
White papers 2001-11-09
MailFrontier Charges Ahead With 1,000th Enterprise Customer, One Million End Users
MailFrontierTM, a leader in email security, today announced the company has signed 1,000 enterprise customers for its MailFrontier Gateway™ solution, providing comprehensive email protection against spam, phishing, viruses, directory harvest and zombie attacks for enterprises of every size. As further proof of MailFrontier's extensive reach in the email security market,...
Tags: e-mail
Research articles 2005-03-30
IronPort Offers 10 Tips to Avoid Spam and Online Scams This Holiday Season
IronPort® Systems, a Cisco business unit and leading provider of enterprise spam, virus and spyware protection, today published a list of tips for avoiding spam and staying safe from online risks. Spam volume increased 100 percent, to more than 120 billion messages daily worldwide. That's about 20 spam messages...
Tags: Ironport Systems Inc., spam
Research articles 2007-12-18
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