SearchOpenSource: 2006 Phish Tales, Part 1: Worse on Linux or Windows?

[ Thanks to Jan Stafford for this link. ]

"What new security issues do you see arising in 2006 for Linux and Windows?

"James: Well, mostly remote attacks will be the mainstay against Linux, including Linux server attacks, such as Apache, cPanel, SMTP attacks.

"Phishers have a use for Linux, but it's for the distribution of their attacks. So, we'll see Linux servers consistently being broken into by phishers, using them to either send spam or to launch their phishing attacks..."

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