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Cybercriminals picked up the pace on attacks last year

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• Qilin Cybercrime Ring Claims Credit for Lee Newspaper Breach

• Latin American Orgs Face 40% More Attacks Than Global Average

• Phishers Wreak 'Havoc,' Disguising Attack Inside SharePoint

• New Eleven11bot botnet infects 86,000 devices for DDoS attacks

• Toronto Zoo ransomware crooks snatch decades of visitor data

• Thousands of public school workers impacted by cyberattack on retirement plan administrator

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Glossary/Legend:

• Phishing - a cybercrime that involves tricking people into giving away sensitive information.

• Cyberattack - A malicious attempt to gain unauthorized access to a computer system, network, or device. The goal of a cyberattack is to disrupt or damage the target, or to steal data, intellectual property, or money.

• Ransomware - A type of malware that locks or encrypts a victim's files and demands a ransom payment to unlock and decrypt them. Ransomware can infect a variety of devices, including computers, smartphones, printers, and more.

• Password manager - a software application that allows users to securely store, generate, and manage their online login credentials (passwords and usernames) across different websites and applications, typically requiring only one "master password" to access all stored information, promoting strong password hygiene by creating unique passwords for each site and automatically filling them in when needed.

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