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More Attacks on Linux than Windows

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the activate-the-shield-array dept.

the special sauce writes "This vnunet.com article discusses the trend of attacks this year as compared to last. Over all, according to mi2g, attacks are on the rise. However, though attacks on Linux systems are up, attacks on Windows based systems have actually dropped dramatically when compared to last year. If the trend continues, by the end of the year, attacks on Linux systems may surpass attacks on Windows systems."

4 of 411 comments (clear)

  1. Yay!! by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're Number One! We're Number One! We're Num... oh. Never mind.

  2. Re:Scriptkidiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are scriptkidiots lookig for real chalenges? (=

    No, that would be "getting laid".

  3. Re:This is a fine example... by Latent+IT · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn. And I was going for funny. *shrug* ;p

  4. Re:Which are more successful? by $carab · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmm.....maybe. But as I recall, somebody had a hacking contest with default installs of Mandrake and SuSE, and nobody rooted the servers. I think that noobs would have to go out of their way a little to make their system insecure.

    Contrast that to.....IIRC Extremetech, which set up a Win2k and IIS server, and had it infected with Code Red Twice within like 26 minutes of connecting it to the web and downloading updates from Microsoft.