V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 An interesting article written by someone you may know... https://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/01/13/really-need-antivirus-software-linux-desktops/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Currently no you do not unless you are serving files to window's clients.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 Read the article, anyway. It's informative. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I am 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Well worth reading although no surprises. If you have time, read the linked report on Operation Windigo (or skim it at least, lots over my head). Particularly fascinating are the methods used to evade detection and analysis. Kudos to ESET for managing to find out so much about it despite that. If only the malware operators would use their knowledge for good rather than evil! On a totally unrelated off-topic point, it often amuses me the images used to illustrate 133t h4x0r/ techie articles. This one looks like a screen from apt-cache search. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 On a totally unrelated off-topic point, it often amuses me the images used to illustrate 133t h4x0r/ techie articles. This one looks like a screen from apt-cache search. Well its better than showing "hackers" wearing ski-masks and typing with snow gloves on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 A good article. Thanks. A quote from someone commenting on it: Linux has been in decline since 2008, when it missed its chance to go up against Vista. Is linux really on a decline? I haven't looked into it, but in my circle I hear more Windows people talking about Mint or Ubuntu..... Only college students and masochists have the time and inclination to deal with Linux. I feels like a gangsta.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I keep ClamAV up to date, and scan downloaded files if I'm going to be putting them anywhere other than my home directory. If nothing more it keeps me from getting too paranoid. On a totally unrelated off-topic point, it often amuses me the images used to illustrate 133t h4x0r/ techie articles. This one looks like a screen from apt-cache search. Well its better than showing "hackers" wearing ski-masks and typing with snow gloves on. I came across an article in one of the online Irish newspapers a while ago with a picture of the Matrix on a MacBook Pro... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Linux usage is on the rise as always. Heck, OSX only has 1% higher usage than Linux does: https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 I came across an article in one of the online Irish newspapers a while ago with a picture of the Matrix on a MacBook Pro... Nice 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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