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WinRAR zero-day exploited since April to hack trading accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thank heavens for Linux and 7zip.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Gee, I wonder whether it's possible to have zero-day exploits on Linux and 7-Zip.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Barely anyone uses Linux, and among those who do, distros vary wildly enough between each other to the point of breaking viruses that it's just not worth the effort to make viruses for them compared to Windows or Mac

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is, but Linux has such a low desktop usage share that it wouldn't really be considered as a target for hackers. I believe that hackers really only target Linux servers, not desktops.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

How would a hacker even notice the difference between a Linux server and.a Linux desktop? Those are the same thing.