Something I’m not sure ISPs have faced up to, is that home PCs are starting to have good enough Internet connections to be valuable as bots. Bad guys used to target those Linux servers partly because they were at datacenters with lots of upstream bandwidth. But you don’t need a lot of home PCs on Google Fiber to create a botnet capable of a formidable DDoS attack. The limiting factor might be home WiFi.
From: Paul Stewart via Af Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 9:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Mac based botnet Yeah probably not even 1% … Mac’s are no more immune than Linux is … speaking of, I’m amazed by how many linux admin’s don’t keep their systems patched. That number is hacked linux servers is way way higher than 1% I would be confident….. Paul From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Muehleisen via Af Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 10:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Mac based botnet Who said Macs were immune? 17k is hardly cause for panic. What is that, less than 1% affected? On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af <[email protected]> wrote: So much for the belief that Macs are immune to malware. http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/10/reddit-powered-botnet-infected-thousands-of-macs-worldwide/
