"THIS time linux users were lucky to not be targetted".
Errmm.. basically.. That is kinda off correct, This time nobody bothered to write a linux virus, but I am pretty sure as the shift of more and more people go towards Linux/Unix Based operating systems, ( Linux, Unix, MacOS, Novell in the near future) virus writers will take an effort to write code for those platofrms.. Let's take again then..
For ex. how many boxes were rooted last year due to a "minor" sendmail flaw ? If a guy would have automated using a worm type of script.. What would have happened I wonder ?
They have it, and in an even easier way:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
and if you REALLY want to fix stuff you download and install SUS or WUS ( Windows Update Services) and just log on daily to see what sus has downloaded that night and approve the patches you want installed, you set the GPO and jippeee.. all workstations will be patched... Simple as that. The patch only needs to be downloaded once for the while network and you can push it to whatever clients you want...
I think this beats downloading and installing an iso file don't you ?
The point is that ANY system can be hardened but many sys admins just don't seem to care about it.
It's easy just to spit on microsoft and ok, they did go bad in the past but let's face it, if one would want to put effort in it, they could just as easilly release a virus for unix/Linux/Whatever and if you don't patch your box, whatever OS it has, it will be infected or broken into.
I just worry about the fact that an instance like the coast guard apparently never hear of a Firewall, Anti-virus etc. It's all there !. Both Linux/Unix as Windows provide the means to block unwanted traffic. You do have to take the effort to turn it on, and that is where many people fail. Another thing is user awarness ( for other kinds of virusses).. explain your users how a virus can act and make the suspicious, even if e-mail comes from 'myfriend@somecompany.com'.
Ah well, why care, I mean, I've seen big companies get into trouble because some security engineer who was so proud to secure the network was too stupid to relize that his laptop got infecten on his home, non-firewalled, internet account and that he brought the bugs in when he plugged back in on the corporate lan. So far for your DMZ...
Either way, the point is, it's not JUST microsoft or JUST linux, the thread is there for everyone who doesn't pay attention or simply doesn't know what they are doing, no mather the OS
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"THIS time linux users were lucky to not be targetted".
Errmm.. basically.. That is kinda off correct, This time nobody bothered to write a linux virus, but I am pretty sure as the shift of more and more people go towards Linux/Unix Based operating systems, ( Linux, Unix, MacOS, Novell in the near future) virus writers will take an effort to write code for those platofrms.. Let's take again then..
For ex. how many boxes were rooted last year due to a "minor" sendmail flaw ? If a guy would have automated using a worm type of script.. What would have happened I wonder ?
They have it, and in an even easier way: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and if you REALLY want to fix stuff you download and install SUS or WUS ( Windows Update Services) and just log on daily to see what sus has downloaded that night and approve the patches you want installed, you set the GPO and jippeee.. all workstations will be patched... Simple as that. The patch only needs to be downloaded once for the while network and you can push it to whatever clients you want...
I think this beats downloading and installing an iso file don't you ?
mspaint ? MSPAINT ?
The point is that ANY system can be hardened but many sys admins just don't seem to care about it.
It's easy just to spit on microsoft and ok, they did go bad in the past but let's face it, if one would want to put effort in it, they could just as easilly release a virus for unix/Linux/Whatever and if you don't patch your box, whatever OS it has, it will be infected or broken into.
I just worry about the fact that an instance like the coast guard apparently never hear of a Firewall, Anti-virus etc. It's all there !. Both Linux/Unix as Windows provide the means to block unwanted traffic. You do have to take the effort to turn it on, and that is where many people fail. Another thing is user awarness ( for other kinds of virusses).. explain your users how a virus can act and make the suspicious, even if e-mail comes from 'myfriend@somecompany.com'.
Ah well, why care, I mean, I've seen big companies get into trouble because some security engineer who was so proud to secure the network was too stupid to relize that his laptop got infecten on his home, non-firewalled, internet account and that he brought the bugs in when he plugged back in on the corporate lan. So far for your DMZ...
Either way, the point is, it's not JUST microsoft or JUST linux, the thread is there for everyone who doesn't pay attention or simply doesn't know what they are doing, no mather the OS