Hans Witvliet wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 14:59 +0200, Joachim Schrod wrote: > >> James Knott wrote: >> >>> Hans van der Merwe wrote: >>> >>>> Why is this not an issue with anyone? Deleting a normal users data is a >>>> big thing. They consider the PC broken if their files disappear. >>>> >>>> >>> That's a minor issue, compared to some of the other things malware can >>> do. Stuff such as stealing passwords and other personal info, spam >>> generators, corrupting the entire computer etc. >>> >> Exactly. >> >> >> As the CEO of a company that does security consulting, I can >> confirm that malware is not restricted to Windows in its >> effectivity. Windows malware volume is larger, but it's frightening >> to see the mindset "we're safe because we run Unix/Linux/MacOS/take >> your pick" that appears in many posts in this thread. We have been >> called quite some time to clean up security incidents with Unix >> systems (Linux included) at customers -- and these were folks with >> enterprise-level IT processes. I shudder when I think about the >> perceived security of private users. But obviously this real-life >> experience and the untold man-hours that were needed for cleanup >> can not happen because they must not happen. >> >> Joachim >> >> > > Indeed, > > Some of the sites harbouring virii-collections have all sorts of virii > that can do harm to linux systems, (When not configured & maintained > properly) > > Thankfully, these are a minute portion of all the worms, virii, > backdoors or other evil stuff that has M$ as their target... > > HW > For a real life example of a linux infecting site, Bruce Schneier blogged this article: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/how_a_linux_ser.html which mentioned the location of an infection site at:
http://83.19.148.250/~matys/pliki/ I'm afraid it's still live as of tonight. Believe me, they are around, live and you do not want anything from there on your linux system. *<Sgt. Esterhaus>* Let's be careful out there </*Sgt. Esterhaus> That's showing my age. Cheers Pete * -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
