The lesson? Even Linux can be vulnerable. I’ve been a victim of a (very brief) hacker getting onto my desktop, because I accidentally left desktop sharing running (that was certainly an eye opener). I have witnessed, first hand, Linux servers hit by rootkits that were so nasty, the only solution was to reinstall and hope the data backup was current. Although Linux is less prone to such attacks than, say, Windows, there is no absolute when it comes to security. Whether a machine is online or offline, it can fall victim to malicious code. ![]() Perhaps a bit of clarification is necessary here.įirst and foremost, no operating system is 100 percent immune to attack. ![]() Wait, Linux needs antivirus and anti-malware solutions? I thought it was immune to such things.
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