Comments on: Linux Malware – Proof that Linux is not as secure as we all think

By: Tom Wiseman

Tom Wiseman — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:17:13 +0000

So, the mad bomber attaches explosives to the pillar of the world trade center and detonates it. After the dust settles, they investigate and one of the people in the know says; The world trade center is very well built and it’s not possible to make it collapse by destroying a pillar. If they want it to come down, they would have to attack the frame of the building which is on the outside of the building.

Do you really want to give the black hats all the tools they need to turn Linux security into Windows “security”?

By: cbeck

cbeck — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:10:20 +0000

Maybe I have just spoken to reasonable users, but so far, every linux user I have asked has told me that linux is vunerable just like windows, the only difference is that viruses are not targeted to linux OS since is is a relatively small market share…

By: Green Tea

Green Tea — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:10:31 +0000

Release it to the kernel coders for all the big distros first.

Give them 2 months to look at it.

Tell them that.

After the 2 months, release it on public channels and forums.

That’s the responsible way to do things.

First you’re giving them first chances to harden the system.

Second, you’re putting them under a deadline. Which means they better look at it NOW.

Third, if that still doesn’t work, now it’s public and let the chips fall where they may.

Free source. Free information. That’s the way I see it.

By: almostalive2009

almostalive2009 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:20:54 +0000

Linux is very secure and is much less destructable than say, windows. sure there may a vulnerability here and there, but most are very low risk, as opposed to windows which has a slough of vulnerabilities, and many of them high risk. I would explain the many details, but well, this site explains it pretty well if you ask me.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/22/security_report_windows_vs_linux/

By: Amit Agarwal

Amit Agarwal — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:28:47 +0000

There can be no OS which is completely secure but the question to look at should be how much of intervention or foolishness is required by the user to make the system/OS available for others to exploit. I was using a windows system for 3 yrs and did not a antivirus or firewall and still when tested with Antivirus and Anti-malware tools did not find anything suspicious.