Crowdstrike's malware-as-a-service is now affecting Linux. Red Hat, Rocky and Debian stable are affected. According to distrowatch.com, most of us here running linux as a desktop are using debian and debian stable based distros like Mint, Ubuntu, MX. Stop updating, 2 wks+
(www.theregister.com)
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I’m a Linux expert. I use it in non-workstation environments. Only backend systems for a company that runs a very large part of the internet but won’t give any other details. That said reading this thread thus far indicates how poor the strong opinions are based on very poor knowledge and poor assumptions. TLDR Linux exploits are abundant. For the guy that says windows is only good for gaming shows the lack of maturity of understanding what you’re saying before you say it. Every single one of these 8 million exploited windows systems aren’t used for video games lol.
It is also clear to me based on this thread why so many people fall for the fear porn all things ai. Poor assumptions based on poor knowledge
Great post! You are spot on about the Linux exploits available. A simple visit to PacketStorm can be mindblowing for those that are unaware of your statement. Just look up the XZ backdoor exploit for a perfect example.
Been a UNIX and UNIX-like engineer for decades. Personally, I mainly use OpenBSD (and some FreeBSD) for general surfing and servers. Arch for Linux is my preference. Many also do not understand the amount of large corporate contributions to the Linux kernel. Kernel exploits are a "dime a dozen". BTW, although much larger and more complicated than it was 20 years ago, compiling your own Linux kernel is still a great thing to learn, not too difficult, and can teach you many things (plus it's just fun to do, lol)
Correct. FUD will always be a very strong and controlling element. Knowledge is power!
Don't visit packetstorm from work unless you want to be blocked by your company IT policy, and maybe asked why you went there. Do it from your phone or home.