[libreoffice-users] Re: JRE older installs - Windows - nowonline-no need for Oracleaccount

From: "Tom Davies" <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>

> ________________________________
> From: David H. Lipman <DLipman@Verizon.Net>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Fri, 2 September, 2011 18:48:47 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: JRE older 
> installs - Windows - nowonline-
> no need for Oracleaccount
>
> <snip />
>
> Luckily Ubuntu is not targeted to the degree that MS Windows is and thus you
> have a lesser degree of exploitation.
>
> Dave
> Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk 
> http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>
>
> Hi :)
> Hmm, not quite the case.  Servers would make a far better target than desktops
> if the aim of malware is to cause disruption or grab data.  Pranks and accidents
> are sooo last decade.
>
>
> However, we still hardly ever hear about servers suffering.  If it happens at
> all it often gets reported in the mainstream news because it's so rare.  So, why
> is it so common-place to hear of desktops getting infected instead of servers?
>
>
> Interestingly it's the market where MS is dominant that has the most trouble
> with malware.  Most big servers run Gnu&Linux, Bsd or some other Unix-based
> platform precisely because stability and security are more important.
>
> http://librenix.com/?inode=21 Even if we just look at desktops we would expect a 
> platform such as Mac at an
> estimated 20% of the market taking 20% of the malware.  Yet we have heard of
> less than a handful.  Again it's so rare that it reaches the mainstream press.
>
>
> People that want to sound knowledgeable about malware and sound serious about it
> use Windows.  There is a lot to know!  It's good to show-off about how much you
> know but always the intel these people have is old because they are always
> trying to catch-up with the ingenuity of malware creators.  People who are just
> serious about stability and security and want to stay ahead of the game tend to
> use Gnu&Linux (or Bsd, or even Mac).
You wrote "Servers would make a far better target than desktops..."

Not true.  Desktops are targeted as profit centers.  Through keyloggers, data stealers, 
backdoors, etc, desktops (personal computers) are targeted for profits.  That is the goal 
of Today's preponderance of malware.

MACDefender is one sample.  The motive of the infection is monetary and PII gain.



-- 
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp 




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