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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware I fucking hate the mentality that Linux is somehow completely safe. Just because it isn’t attacked as much because of the low adoption rate among users, doesn’t mean it has no vulnerabilities.
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoWith SteamOS and ChromeOS now having millions of users, Linux attacks will become more commonplace. IIRC ChromeOS is either built on or can be configured to run applications like a Linux distro?
minus-squareOoops@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoMalware for desktop users is the low hanging fruit with little rewards. You just hear about it because it’s so rediculous easy. The real money is on servers, so that’s were real money/work is invested to develop malware for much higher gains. How successful are they again?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware
I fucking hate the mentality that Linux is somehow completely safe.
Just because it isn’t attacked as much because of the low adoption rate among users, doesn’t mean it has no vulnerabilities.
With SteamOS and ChromeOS now having millions of users, Linux attacks will become more commonplace.
IIRC ChromeOS is either built on or can be configured to run applications like a Linux distro?
Malware for desktop users is the low hanging fruit with little rewards. You just hear about it because it’s so rediculous easy.
The real money is on servers, so that’s were real money/work is invested to develop malware for much higher gains. How successful are they again?