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Windows also leads the score card in installation base, which I think is the real causal relationship. If Linux was installed on 90% of desktops you better wel
by theossuary 9y ago
Windows also leads the score card in installation base, which I think is the real causal relationship. If Linux was installed on 90% of desktops you better well believe there'd be a similar number of exploits for it. Something similar happened to Mac OSX not too long ago, as they grew in popularity more and more exploits were found for the operating system.
- tudorconstantin 9y agoThat's what I tried to express above. I was also wondering what is more profitable in the ransomware economy: infect many, almost worthless machines? Or infect an order or two of magnitude fewer machines, but with a higher chance of paying? I'd say with a higher chance of paying because people administering them are more likely to know how to buy bitcoins, how to send them and what to do with the decryption key.