[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Takes Brunt of Digital Attacks

[Wayne Dahl]

On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 19:47, terry wrote:
> "Linux remains the most attacked online server operating system,
> according to a new report." From:
> 
> http://www.esecurityplanet.com/trends/article.php/3076071
> 
> 

Hrm...did anyone else notice that while the author was praising M$ for...

''Microsoft deserves credit for having reduced the proportion of
successful online hacker attacks perpetrated against Windows servers.'' 

He never bothered to delineate between Linux and the Sobig and Blaster
worms, both of which were directed solely at M$ platforms?  It appears
he deliberately intended to give the impression that Linux platforms
were affected by those worms.

Wayne