Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Apr 2006 21:17 UTC
Virus researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found proof-of-concept code for a cross-platform virus capable of infecting both Windows and Linux systems. In an alert posted to Viruslist, Kaspersky said the sample virus has been given a dual name - Virus.Linux.Bi.a/ Virus.Win32.Bi.a - and highlighted the way attackers are targeting multiple platforms in malware attacks. "The virus doesn't have any practical application," the company said in the alert. "It's classic proof-of-concept code, written to show that it is possible to create a cross-platform virus."
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RE[2]: Its a matter of time!!
by Ronald Vos on Tue 11th Apr 2006 14:51
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Always the same objection: in the server market windows has the minority of users, but is nonetheless the most attacked OS.
You must not be paying attention to OSNews :-)
http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=14296
"With more than 80 million Web sites on the Internet, Microsoft now claims a 25.2 percent share, up 4.7 percent from March. Apache still leads by a wide margin, however it was down close to 6 percent to 62.7 percent. Sun remained a distant third, down slightly to 2.36 percent.""
RE[2]: Its a matter of time!!
by ma_d on Tue 11th Apr 2006 17:44
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Always the same objection: in the server market windows has the minority of users, but is nonetheless the most attacked OS.
And the server market is a much more interesting target, bear in mind.