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Modern cybersecurity threats generally involve (1) legions of zombie computers and (2) weak native OS security. "No Windows = No Problem" is not an overstateme

by taw9 14y ago

Modern cybersecurity threats generally involve (1) legions of zombie computers and (2) weak native OS security. "No Windows = No Problem" is not an overstatement. The fact that we have nuclear power plants running on Windows in this country is abso-fucking-lutely terrifying.

yuhong 14y ago
What is exactly wrong with Windows itself that leads to these problems? And even if there is, it doesn't mean that it is as simple as that.
- taw9 14y ago
  Do you run your Windows box without virus protection?
  - yuhong 14y ago
    Most of these attacks are targeted attacks and antivirus wouldn't have helped.