The Register: Linux Attacks on the Rise?

“Attacks on Linux and open source Web applications appear to
have risen sharply this year, while attacks on Windows systems are
markedly down.

“That’s the conclusions of a study by security consultancy mi2g
after it compiled a database on attacks culled from data from
defacement archives (such as alldas.org), hacker bulletin boards
and ‘information from automatic robots’.

“Sites such as Alldas.org make no attempt to suggest that their
data is comprehensive, and it’s questionable if mi2g’s figures can
be used as a metric to compare the vulnerability of different
operating systems. But then it’s very hard to get solid figures on
this kind of data so mi2g’s figures may be
indicative…”

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