Then why people tend to think that popular is better ?
I feel popularity is due to easy availability and herd following of the item.
Now weâre getting all philosophicalâŚ
Why are people the way they are? Thatâs too deep of a rabbit hole for this thread. Way off-topic.
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I meanâŚthey pretty clearly show the absolute breakdown.
Nothing in the original report looks like spin to me.
That being said, there is all kinds of context that is needed here.
Without a view pre-2021, it is hard to put the data from 2021 in context. For example, is the rate of Windows malware growth really shrinking or was H1 2021 an anomalous time period?
There is also the current global situation with cyber warfare.
There are many other contributing factors.
Ultimately, data is just data. What conclusions you draw from it are up to you.
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Where is that image from?
In that first article, I only see this one:
The one who made the report, AtlasVPN.
The report linked as the source for both articles
Yeah, I know that, it says on the image. From which article of the three you linked?
Here are the graphs and info about survey.
Well, then itâs not from an article, itâs a reference, hidden behind a link.
The spin is obvious.
Youâre missing the point. The graph that clearly shows how insignificant the problem on Linux is is not present in the article youâve linked.
My claim was that the article was biased, not the data or the source.
My only objective was to find more relevant graphs like which Dalto shared.
Look, I can easily find the graphs, thatâs not the issue here.
Neither it does to me, that wasnât what I was saying. I havenât even looked at the original report, I suppose itâs perfectly fine.
The article linked in the OP is a spin using the original report as a reference to give it credibility.
You might be right as now I also feel article is not much credible.
See this :
If we look at the new Linux malware sample numbers quarter by quarter, in the first quarter of this year, they dropped by 2%, from 872,165 in Q4 2021 to 854,688 in Q1 2022. Moving on to the second quarter, the malware samples decreased again, this time by 2.5% to 833,059.
Yet the cumulative number of new Linux malware samples in H1 2022 was 31% higher than the number of such samples in the whole year of 2021. In fact, the first half of this year alone saw more new Linux malware samples than any other year since 2008. Out of all the months, April had the highest number of new samples â 400,931.
From AtlasVPN.
I donât think thatâs strange at all. Like I said, contrary to what the first article linked in the OP claims, Linux is a much more attractive target for malware, simply due to the fact that almost all of the worldâs servers run on it, and that big businesses tend to have all their classified info in the clown, that is, servers run on Linux.
The article is definitely a spin, you can see that by the reaction from a normal turkey reading it:
No, as a desktop Linux user, youâre not at any significant risk from malware (at least not nearly as on some other operating systems), unless you do things youâre not supposed to do, like add third party software repositories, or run commands from the internet you donât understand.
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I believe Linux in general is secure by design, no matter what!
Am I right?
There is really no need for antivirus, anti malware⌠firewall⌠etc⌠just the defaults are enough.
Since I started in 2000, I never installed antivirus or fire wall (only once just to see how they work in Linux)
Am I right?
No.
Any system, especially Linux needs to have security managed. Assuming the defaults are enough is flawed.
No.
Unless you have other compensating controls in place, not having a firewall installed locally is usually a mistake. The days when having a firewall installed at the edge of your network was adequate protection are long over.
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I see my information is quite âoldâ/obsolete.
Any recommendation on an easy to use/configure/install application will be highly appreciated. (I will try search and read though, but always prefer to listen and take advice from experts)
What about the default fire wall mentioned on EOS website?
Do I need to /configure/activate it? Need another firewall?
Thank you!
If you have a recent install, it should come with firewalld. The default config is generally fine for common desktop use cases without modification.
What does sudo firewall-cmd --state return?
Returns
[limo@limo ~]$ sudo firewall-cmd --state
[sudo] password for limo:
running
Is that enough? Do I need anything else regarding the fire wall?
Any other suggested security/antivirus/anti malware⌠anti anything app suggested?
UPDATE:
System:
Host: limo Kernel: 5.15.55-2-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 12.1.0 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Huh, my install is old, so I donât have firewalld installed. Would you recommend it over UFW?