• Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    it’s a smaller target and that hackers aren’t spending as much time trying to attack it

    It’s the most popular server system, so I’m not so sure about that.

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      1 year ago

      The target user base is much smaller. Most viruses are spread through user error and server administrators are far more competent than a typical OS user. Also, typical server exploits lead to exposing credentials rather than spreading viruses.