Jonni Bidwell isn’t sure if malware could break his PC more than he does, but he doesn’t really want to find out…
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.
This story is from the July 2019 edition of Linux Format.
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