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Phishing is an attack that uses malicious links and/or malware to steal credentials, take over a device, or both. Attackers use a variety of tools, including email, instant messaging apps like Messenger and WhatsApp, and more to meet their ultimate goals of spreading malware or stealing information. Attackers commonly send

Ransomware is malware that, when downloaded and run on a computer, encrypts the victim’s files and then demands payment to restore access. Ransomware messages often claim that unlicensed software, child pornography or other illegal content has been detected on the computer and demand a fee in order to unlock the

A botnet is a network of hijacked Internet-connected devices, such as PCs and IoT, infected with malware that allows one cyber criminal, known as the “Bot herder”, to remotely control them. A Bot herder can direct these devices to perform automated attacks, such as Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks or brute