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Linux Most Attacked Server?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the certainly-more-to-gain dept.

Anonymous guy who can't remember his login sent in a story from the Globe And Mail that says "During August, 67 per cent of all successful and verifiable digital attacks against on-line servers targeted Linux, followed by Microsoft Windows at 23.2 per cent. A total of 12,892 Linux on-line servers running e-business and information sites were successfully breached in that month, followed by 4,626 Windows servers."

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  1. Pure crapola by bigjnsa500 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    This is pure crapola. I remember this post from about a month ago. It was something like NetCraft but for hacked computers. It listed what computer OS, the URL, defacement, etc...

    Anyway, whoever posted it didn't check the archives because I did and found that all months, I could only find a handful of Linux machines 'sploited. And all of these where 5.2 to 6.2 Redhat machines.

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  2. Re:Yeah... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You idiots. Always bashing Microsoft, when the argument you used to defend your precious Linux systems applies EVEN MORE SO to Windows desktops. Windows desktops are mostly hacked/virused/trojaned BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST PREVALANT. You are all blinded by your ideals. ANYONE who is so blinded by their love of a product, that they disregard statistics such as this, isn't smart at all. Fight the battle, but for crying out loud, look at the WHOLE picture.

  3. I will : Linux is an OS for amateurs, by amateurs. by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    so of course it has holes in it

    The Unix family is insecure by design.

    That is why it is better to start again than try and paper over the cracks.

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  4. Re:Globe and Mail by Hoser+McMoose · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    National Post is a "bit downscale"?! Now that is an understatement if I've ever heard one! The National Post is only one step above the Sun, a paper known primarily for the scantly clad "Sunshine Girl" shown on Page 3.

    The Globe and Mail is a very respectible paper. They do their best to report the news accurately and with a fair degree of journalistic integrity.

  5. Re:Yeah... by __aagmrb7289 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Couple of things:

    1. Your Dad's system was not patched. If it was, then he could not have gotten blaster.

    2. Your company's systems were not patched. If they were, they could not have gotten blaster

    That said, if your systems were patched, then you didn't get blaster.

    If you want to say that the patch doesn't protect against blaster, well, please prove that.

    That clear?

  6. Yes. by leonbrooks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Obvious, when you think about it.

    0. Profit!
    1. Cause trouble for your enemies (in Microsoft's case, "everyone else")
    2. Study the troubles at arms' length
    3. Publish the most damaging set of results from those studies
    4. Destroy "them" (see note for point 1)
    5. Be the only competitor left standing
    6. More profit!
    7. Consequences, schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich!

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  7. Re:Woo! by golgotha007 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OpenBSD users yet again roll their eyes and continue working without incident. :-)

    woohoo, mark one up for obscure OS's. i have a hacked up atari 2600 that has a bash shell and a nic card, and i haven't been hacked either!!