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Re: malware writers target open source say industry 'experts' ..

____/ Doug Mentohl on Monday 18 June 2007 21:53 : \____

> 'Ooi Szu-Khiam, senior security consultant at Symantec Singapore, said 
> ..'
> 
> "Malware creators are always on the lookout for new avenues to exploit
> in order to spread their worms and Trojans and the home-user sector is a
> particularly attractive target."
> 
> 'Ooi noted that open source software in itself is not more vulnerable to
> attacks compared to proprietary software'
> 
> http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800003100,39167494,00.htm?r=2

How very curious. And despite the fact that Apache's code is out there for
all to see, Google reports that twice as many ISS-powered servers host
malware, which indicates they are hacked. Apache is probably just not being
targetted. <tongue in cheek /> Who would want to write malware for
something with low market share, such as Apache?

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