Malware
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broad, malicious software category — the modern umbrella term covering viruses, worms, spyware, ransomware, fileless malware, and more
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note
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"anti-virus" was historically a narrower term (referring specifically to viruses, trojans, worms, macro viruses), but anti-virus software today is effectively anti-malware software; the two terms are used interchangeably now, mostly for marketing reasons
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why data is targeted
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personal data (photos, documents), and organizational data (planning documents, employee PII, financial information, company private data) all have real monetary value to attackers
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