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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 24 Nov 2014

    Is it just me or does all major malware target Windows? Switching to Mac/Linux should be the first security fix, no? http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30145265 …

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      2. Bae'd Runner‏ @_L1vY_ 24 Nov 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @Auragasmic Then malware will simply begin to target Mac/Linux more frequently.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 24 Nov 2014
        Replying to @_L1vY_

        @_L1vY_ @Auragasmic Not the same architecture and not the same attack vectors.

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      4. Bae'd Runner‏ @_L1vY_ 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral @Auragasmic Indeed. But if they become more widely used, then those who create malware will focus on those challenges.

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      1. Ian Eiloart‏ @IanEiloart 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral Seems about right. But avoid Android, the Linux malware compatibility layer.

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      1. Caghan Emirzade‏ @CaghanEmirzade 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral if all major firms/govts switch then so will the focus of hackers! It's lose lose really

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      1. Raina Batwing‏ @RainaBatwing 27 Nov 2014
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        @aral What I mean by habit is, many hackers grew up messing with windows, so they know the APIs and techniques already

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      1. Raina Batwing‏ @RainaBatwing 27 Nov 2014
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        @aral A lot of it does, partly because pirate windows versions tend not to get hotfixes, partly habit.

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      1. James Micah Jarrett‏ @micahjarrett 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral Why not switch? Windows is/will be top dog for malware for quite a while to come. Worrying about a hypothetical future is wasted time

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      1. Arron Barnett‏ @arronbarnett 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral it's just because that's what large corporate companies and governments use. If they switched, so would hackers

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      1. Alexander Makarov‏ @sam_dark 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral @cebe_cc no.

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      2. shine‏ @shine__nelson 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral well, in that case, being a spyware activist, u should be knowing that most attacks are made by exploiting vulnerabilities on Adobe sw

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      3. shine‏ @shine__nelson 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral namely, Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player. why? because they're found on majority of the systems worldwide.

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      4. shine‏ @shine__nelson 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral I wouldn't say UNIX-based systems are robust to such attacks but to an extent they are.

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      5. shine‏ @shine__nelson 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral why use such vulnerable software when there are #FLOSS alternatives to them right?

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      6. shine‏ @shine__nelson 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral well, Adobe Flash is almost dead, now that HTML 5 video is here. 😉

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      1. Melotten‏ @Melotten 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral no. Those are just less diffused OS Focus would change accordingly. Malware for linux and mac are already a reality.

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      1. SAGGIORI Jan‏ @saggiori 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral No, it targets easiest fish and most interesting targets, as you seen at T2.FI Mac are targets too

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      1. Tadd Axon‏ @grey_area 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral the platform most broadly deployed is the easiest target, but by no means the only target.

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      1. Ryan Hellyer‏ @ryanhellyer 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral That would not fix it. The devs would just change platforms then.

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      1. Michael Wiik‏ @mwiik 24 Nov 2014
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        @aral Maybe the first step is not tossing your laptop around, like the new HP ad. Hard to imagine an Apple ad w/folks tossing an MB Air, no?

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