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  • An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a group of hackers that gains and maintains unauthorized access to a targeted system
  • Botnets are networks of hijacked internet-connected devices that have been compromised by malware
  • A bug is essentially the cause of a software glitch, such as an error that causes the software to crash or behave in an unexpected way
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