Globe and Mail: Linux is Favourite Hacker Target: Study

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 12, 2003

[ Thanks to Jeff
Smelser
for this link. ]

“Linux, not Microsoft Windows, remains the most-attacked
operating system, a British security company reports.

“During August, 67 per cent of all successful and verifiable
digital attacks against on-line servers targeted Linux, followed by
Microsoft Windows at 23.2 per cent. A total of 12,892 Linux on-line
servers running e-business and information sites were successfully
breached in that month, followed by 4,626 Windows servers,
according to the report…”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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