The education sector has become one of the most sought after targets for cybercriminals, according to the latest report from Malwarebytes Labs. In the first half of 2019, the top three largest categories of threats identified among education institutions' devices are adware (43 percent), Trojans (25 percent) and backdoors (three percent). However, ransomware dropped to less than one percent in this period -- though it was higher both before and after the study. The Emotet, TrickBot and Trace Trojans have been particularly active in education, with the three representing nearly half of all Trojans detected (44 percent) and more than…
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