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by DyslexicAtheist
3700 days ago
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> You and I will agree that the odds are your Windows system is much more at risk by at least an order of magnitude it is a common misconception that Windows is still worse a platform than Linux when it comes to security. Not trolling ... I'm using Linux since '96 and built my life and career on it. Opinion of some people in infosec circles (@thegrugq @csoghoian ...) is that Windows no longer lags behind: https://grugq.github.io/presentations/COMSEC%20beyond%20encr... |
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* Is Windows security equal to or greater than Linux and OS X (Probably yes)
* Are the overwhelming majority of viruses written to target Windows systems (yes)
I really enjoyed this article on security economics which goes into this in more depth: http://tidbits.com/article/15939