Part 2 – How Can You Get Infected?

Step 2: Explain some of the most common ways that devices become infected with malware, and the unsafe practices that can lead to such infections. It is also important to explain the different purposes or motivations behind malware deployments:
•Some malware is broadcast on a wide-scale with no particular target;
•Other kinds are specifically targeted at activists, journalists or dissidents to gain access to their data or communications;
•Still other kinds are targeted at individuals known to be connected to a number of activists, journalists or dissidents in the hope of infecting multiple targets across a network.