Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 3rd Apr 2008 19:59 UTC, submitted by daedalus8
People shouldn't read anything into the fact that of the three laptops set up for last week's 'PWN to OWN' hack challenge, the only one left standing was running Linux, said the security expert who oversaw the contest. "There was just no interest in Ubuntu," said Terri Forslof, manager of security response at 3Com Corp.'s TippingPoint subsidiary, which put up the cash prizes awarded at the contest last week at CanSecWest. "A contest such as this is not a measure of relative security between operating systems. It's not an accurate barometer."
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I wouldn't recommend not placing too much trust in obscurity or market share. It tends to be the responsiveness of the developers and the higher average user knowledge that help Posix like OS. Vulnerabilities tend to be configuring issues.
Obscurity is only of use to the attacker who has to eventually evade and escape. The defender has to be able to shine a spotlight on themself and still not be movable.
If you have something someone wants, they'll target whatever platform your using.