Every year, students and teachers manage back-to-school stress, but this year, anxieties are up a notch as the specter of a pandemic looms and schools struggle with simply meeting students' needs. This year, many schools are taking a hybrid approach to school, combining elements of in-person and remote learning. But among the complexity of teaching remotely, one area that hasn't been looked at closely enough is the device management practices of newly remote educators and students.

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From massive increases in ransom amounts to big shifts in attack models, these statistics reveal the major new trends in ransomware.

In 2019, ransomware completely evolved. Mass distribution campaigns designed to to indiscriminately infect home users are out. Targeted campaigns aimed at taking down mid- to large-sized organizations are in. As a result, according to several sources, the overall number of infections dropped in 2019. But the infections we did see were more sophisticated, more disruptive, and far more lucrative for the criminals behind the operations.

What's driving this trend? The following stats tell the story. Read more