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Linux & The Phalanx2 rootkit: it’s our fault?

According to a yum-yum on Cnet, it is a problem with people, not the code.

Say what now?

Describing Phalanx2 as "a self-injecting kernel rootkit designed for the Linux 2.6 branch that hides files, processes and sockets and includes tools for sniffing a tty program and connecting to it with a backdoor."

Okay…..

This drone then goes on to try to explain that while Linux may be ‘inherently more secure than Windows, as long as admins fail to secure it, it will be just as vulnerable.

That so, Sherlock?

Isn’t it amazing how the cattle try to moonwalk away from the truth every time?

Listen, dodo, that explanation holds true for every operating system.

However, since Microsoft has made ‘Secure by Design’  an architectural priority in Windows, the attack surface has decreased, and the number of vulns reported for Windows has been the best of any OS these past couple of years.

Contrast that to your stuff, yoyo!

You can now see why Linux, however much these clown bray about it, can never get traction with regular humans.

Can you imagine telling a business owner that the reason some criminal in some former Cold War country made off with their data is because it’s all about the people, not the code?

If you installed Linux as the operating system for your business, or your clients' business for that matter, he's right: it's your fault!

Linux, the favorite of the ‘live-under-the-stairs-in-my-grandma’s-basement’ crowd.

Not ready for business, Linux is!