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Linux Ransomware Poses Significant Threat to Critical Infrastructure (www.darkreading.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Organizations running Linux distributions need to prepare to defend their systems against ransomware attacks. Steps to ensure resiliency and basics such as access control reduce major disruptions.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For starters, I just want to clarify that this isn’t a shot at OP, more so this is a criticism of the linked article.

So the article can be summarized as such:

  1. Ransomware is a problem
  2. There are Linux versions now.
  3. Some comments about Linux being on 3% of the desktops now. Not sure what the point of this was… since the author then says that Windows is still 80%?
  4. Linux servers are a much bigger/viable target, because the Internet runs on Linux, including financial sector, databases, “always on” systems, etc etc…
  5. Ends the article with generic best practices like “deploy modern EDR” and “proper backups”.

All in all, this article contributes very little in terms of informing the reader or making any sort of original or insightful claim.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You're far too kind, the article was a steaming pile of crap. Long on scare short on anything practical.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was too lazy to actually open the link but expected to find what you have reported. Thanks for doing the leg work. :-)