rhabarba@feddit.de to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoWinRAR zero-day exploited since April to hack trading accountswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1108cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoGee, I wonder whether it’s possible to have zero-day exploits on Linux and 7-Zip.
minus-squaretorafugu@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIt is, but Linux has such a low desktop usage share that it wouldn’t really be considered as a target for hackers. I believe that hackers really only target Linux servers, not desktops.
minus-squarerhabarba@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoHow would a hacker even notice the difference between a Linux server and.a Linux desktop? Those are the same thing.
Gee, I wonder whether it’s possible to have zero-day exploits on Linux and 7-Zip.
It is, but Linux has such a low desktop usage share that it wouldn’t really be considered as a target for hackers. I believe that hackers really only target Linux servers, not desktops.
How would a hacker even notice the difference between a Linux server and.a Linux desktop? Those are the same thing.