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If we're talking target value, I rather think that servers are higher value than people's desktops - they have lots more juicy info, and richer owners.
by dTal 5y ago
If we're talking target value, I rather think that servers are higher value than people's desktops - they have lots more juicy info, and richer owners.
- tored 5y agoI think there is mismatch in publicly here. When private consumer's computers gets hijacked, those kind of stories can show up in normal non-technical newspapers, as a warning or a horror story for other consumers. But does hijacking of servers create that kind of publicity? Sometimes companies have to admit that they have been hacked because of data leak. But do they publicly admit for every breach? Is it in private companies interest to go public with that kind of information? And if they do, does it reach non-technical newspapers? There was a good thread about Linux kernel security today, a slideshow and video. TLDR; many unsafe practices because of C, bad project management to track bugs, triage bugs, correctly applying patches, correctly map patches with CVEs https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27513149 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27513149