[f00ber]

Well, let these _admins_ worry about this. This is of no concern for the moment for a regular Linux or OS X user.

Now, an admin _must_ know every service running on entrusted boxes facing the Internet. CGI scripts hopefully are not common these days. If you run them do stop for other reasons.

So far every "attack vector" implies having shell access to the target machine in some form. No need to panic for majority of people.

[ccvannorman]

Can you clarify this? As a Mac OS X user who connects to public wifi often, I'm still in the dark about whether I should literally turn off my wifi for now..

[eropple]

Or, you know, running Rails with Passenger.