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Originally Posted by rcentros
There's a difference between a security expert targeting a specific computer and a computer being infected by contacting "drive-by" ransomware or malware. The ransomware "industry" goes for the "low hanging fruit" — which happens to be Windows.
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Please don't misunderstand.. I'm a big fan of Linux, even for Desktops, and have come to despise Windows for many many reasons that would only be a rant derailing what is left of this thread.
But this talking point was always on shaky ground, and really needs to die. Windows drive-by malware is low hanging fruit for one simple reason, it's ubiquitous with a much larger vulnerable user population
Linux would actually fare much much worse in this regard, (in it's current state.).. simply because both Microsoft and Apple have been taking great strides to improve security that protects the user from themselves. (Unfortunately, the technical issues this causes are a constant source of problems for me, and the technology measures are far too easy to corrupt with impure motives. What acts as a measure to protect users also conveniently gives a competitive advantage to the company store for apps and payment methods, for example.)
If you can trick a Linux user to run a linux binary, or even just a script, with malicious intent, there is *nothing* even warning you of the worst possible damage. And while everyone is always focusing of privilege escalation, it's laughable how minor an issue that is for an adversary targeting the user.