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The most popular stack will always be the preferred target of malware. Seriously, if another platform would hold 90% of the juice, you realy think it would not
by PeterStuer 3y ago
The most popular stack will always be the preferred target of malware.
Seriously, if another platform would hold 90% of the juice, you realy think it would not be the victim of malware by a long shot?
FwIW, I used to be a front line malware eradicater in the 80's , the prime target back then were Apple Mac's on uni computer classrooms.
- halkony 3y agoThat's a pretty cool job. What's the most clever malware you eradicated back then?
- fsflover 3y agoWhere is the widespread malware on Linux servers?
- scrollaway 3y agoRansomware targeting server data, primarily.
- peppermint_gum 3y agoServers have much fewer attack vectors. Do you really think that a typical scenario of Windows infection is some kind of RCE in the OS? No, that's extremely rare. Most of malware doesn't exploit any vulnerabilities in the OS. Either a user downloads and runs an infected executable, or they get infected through a bug somewhere in userland (e.g. web browser or image viewer).
- p_l 3y agoLinux server malware is common, mainly targeting naive owners for misconfiguration (SSH password guessing), or targeting remote shell exploits in various popular packages (personally had it happen with Gitlab, for example). The opportunistic attackers like that mainly go for dropping some blockchain mining software (monero is popular payload) and sometimes go for deploying botnet agents for things like DDoS ransoming and similar. Low success rate, but low effort on attacker's side, who often buys a premade tool on a forum.