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the cynic in me thinks the bad linux activity is there, but the targets do not have any kind of linux monitoring in place to spot activity
by waihtis 3y ago
the cynic in me thinks the bad linux activity is there, but the targets do not have any kind of linux monitoring in place to spot activity
- SoftTalker 3y agoIf you're just running a random linux server that isn't an otherwise "interesting" target the only times I've seen those get compromised is by some ludicrously dumb configuration mistakes, such as running databases with a default admin password and no firewall, etc.
- cookieperson 3y agoIt's a less interesting target for a lot of widespread attacks. Consider the surface area of Linux machines vs Windows? Most big corporations run on windows, even if devs rock Linux, that's not usually what these types of attacks are after. That said you are right. Most Linux users ride on insecure machines. I remember talking to someone who had no idea they had to set up a firewall. They had switched from Linux 2 years prior under the guise that it was more secure than windows out of the box. I wish Linux security was talked about more. The people who know how to do it assume everyone does, and the people who don't... don't know what they don't know.