25 Common Types of Malware & How To Identify Them

This article provides a broad, non-technical overview of malware: defining malware, describing more than 20 malware types (e.g., viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware, rootkits, fileless malware, botnets), common propagation and impact scenarios, and mentions mitigation and monitoring capabilities provided by SecurityScorecard; it is educational content rather than an incident report or technical threat intelligence disclosure.