Step aside, Windows! Open source and Linux are IT's new security headache

Posted by bob on Oct 7, 2017 9:05 AM EDT
ComputerWorld; By Preston Gralla
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Windows has long been the world's biggest malware draw, exploited for decades by attackers. It continues today: The Carbon Black security firm analyzed 1,000 ransomware samples over the last six months and found that nearly 99% of them targeted Windows. That’s not news for IT administrators, of course. But this might be: Linux and other open-source software are emerging as serious malware targets.

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