LXer: Developer Ponders Release of Linux Malware
 

Published at LXer:

A developer who claims he is tired of the “Linux is secure” argument has set out to develop a “package of malware for Unix/Linux” in order to help ethical hackers demonstrate the vulnerability of the open source operating system. "I was fed up with the general consensus that Linux is oh-so-secure and has no malware,” a developer going by the name of buchner.johannes wrote on Ask Slashdot, in posting filed by kdawson.

[Tired of the “Linux is secure” argument? Now I've heard it all.. - Scott]


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