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[–] TheFool@infosec.pub 31 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Researchers believe the shift to Linux malware is due to improvements in Windows endpoint security. As a result, threat actors are exploring new attack avenues, increasingly focusing on exploiting flaws in internet-facing systems, most of which run on Linux.

I don‘t get the reasoning here… these servers ran Linux before so what has that to do with Windows endpoints?

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 24 points 4 months ago

Its called clickbait BS.

These Servers are secured by so much and don't even run out of the box anything, they run entirely custom operating systems based on Linux wich are behind massive Firewalls.

[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Windows is harder, so less valuable to spend time on.

[–] braindefragger@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

That is what the article says. Windows is definitely becoming a harder target and Linux is becoming way more common.

Linux's customisability and use of a huge range of different softwares means there's likely to be many more attack vectors.

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Idk about the endpoints, but this seems to be targeting desktops and not servers, as those don't have KDE.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Next week in news: After Russia, Chinese next to get banned from Linux.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

I see that as a possibility but not because they are writing malware

Also China is a much bigger country compared to Russia so there would be a big loss.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago