SJSmith@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoLinux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen wormarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down169
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minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThose servers are also sitting in and/or behind DMZs specifically configured with network based intrusion prevention systems to protect them. So while more valuable, they’re also better protected because network security is a thing.
minus-squareSanguine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYeah fair enough. I’d have to assume folks who spend time making malware want a return on their investment, whether financial or status / fame. Not a big ROI on hacking my gaming desktop or a thinkpad I use to stream movies.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThat’s true for all OSs though, you might be a target of convenience but the money is in enterprise networks.
Those servers are also sitting in and/or behind DMZs specifically configured with network based intrusion prevention systems to protect them.
So while more valuable, they’re also better protected because network security is a thing.
Yeah fair enough. I’d have to assume folks who spend time making malware want a return on their investment, whether financial or status / fame. Not a big ROI on hacking my gaming desktop or a thinkpad I use to stream movies.
That’s true for all OSs though, you might be a target of convenience but the money is in enterprise networks.