“Fresh concerns have come to light regarding the vulnerabilities
of open source operating systems to virus attacks. Last week’s Red
Worm virus was the latest in a long line to target Linux.”
“There’s been a long-standing belief throughout the Linux
community that hackers and virus writers had better things to do
than target them with malicious attacks – a belief that is
beginning to erode.”
“As Linux increasingly becomes a target for malicious
attacks, the question arises as to how vendors and users should
deal with the problem. Is it a case of developing antivirus
defences specifically for Linux or is it the age old problem of
increasing awareness of the threats within the open source
community?