Protect Against Malware

Jonni Bidwell isn’t sure if malware  could break his PC more than he does,  but he doesn’t really want to find out…

- Jonni Bidwell 

Linux is no place for malware! “Its small user base means no one’s interested in attacking it. The culture of downloading and running random stuff from the web doesn’t exist. It’s more secure. Ecosystem fragmentation works in its favour, making it hard to target a particular distro”, they bellow!

Sadly, none of that is true. Linux  servers run most of the internet,  there are billions of Android phones,  as well as Arm and MIPS-based  routers and IoT devices. And people  run things of the form  curl… | sudo bash  all the time – it’s the  recommended install method for a  number of popular programs. So the time  for Linux complacency is over, and the  time for long passwords, diligent opsec and paranoid rants by deluded technical  editors is upon us. Don’t worry though,  we’ve prepared this comprehensive  survey of the threats facing your Linux  box and how to mitigate them.