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The ROI on targeting older machines in Western countries is so asymmetrical, that I only fear targeted attacks - given my personal risk assessment, I'd rather a
by Jerrrry 3y ago
The ROI on targeting older machines in Western countries is so asymmetrical, that I only fear targeted attacks - given my personal risk assessment, I'd rather allow a targeted attack and be alerted when my honeypot accounts get compromised, then join the ranks of Win11 botnets and a juxtapositionally genuine false sense of security.
- apexalpha 3y agoI think you're miscalculating here. Most of the 'hacks' taking place are scripts scanning the entire internet looking for non-patched machines running knows vulnerabilities. The risk of being targeted by one of these is near 100% on a long enough timeline. I'd _seriously_ advice you to never put a WinXP machine on the internet, even with a firewall in between. At least get the extended support thingy.