Torvalds unsecured Kernel

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Fast, flexible and free, Linux is taking over the online world. But there is growing unease about security weaknesses.

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A newly discovered ransomware is attacking Linux Web servers, taking aim at Web development environments used to host websites or code repositories.

liamo

I'm not sure what the title of this thread actually means. Nor am I sure what point you're trying to make by posting a couple of URLs and nothing else

If you're trying to criticise Torvalds or the Linux kernel, get in line. There are plenty of people who are ready and willing to do that.

Certainly, the Linux kernel, like all pieces of software most certainly does contain bugs and vulnerabilities. Show me a piece of software that doesn't. Microsoft and Apple are not and have not been without their own vulnerabilities. Additionally, I would hazard a guess that the more popular routes to attack are application - not OS - vulnerabilities (not to say that they don't exist and are not being exploited).

The ransomware article said - in the first para, I think - that the ransomware needed root privileges to work. If, through lack of knowledge or care, a user allows an untrusted application to run with root privileges, then the first place I would point my finger would not be Linux.