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Hackers are exploiting 0-days more than ever

12 pointsby takiwatangaabout 3 years ago

2 comments

lcallabout 3 years ago
This seems like a good reason for IT people to understand OpenBSD better, its motivations and usage patterns, given that it has had only 2 of the worst kind of security holes since ~1996, and therefore seems vastly safer against zero-days, including privilege escalation exploits, etc. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, no? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbsd.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbsd.org</a> [openbsd.org] .<p>(And corporations &amp; others donating ( <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbsd.org&#x2F;donations.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbsd.org&#x2F;donations.html</a> [openbsd.org] ) to the project could also be wise, since they probably all benefit from things that come from the OpenBSD project, like openssh.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbsd.org&#x2F;innovations.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbsd.org&#x2F;innovations.html</a> [openbsd.org]<p>Just a fan.
UncleMeatabout 3 years ago
Title is wrong. The wired title is &quot;Hackers Are Getting Caught Exploiting New Bugs More Than Ever.&quot; This is important because if you read the GPZ article you see text like:<p>&gt; While we often talk about “0-day exploits used in-the-wild”, what we’re actually tracking are “0-day exploits detected and disclosed as used in-the-wild”.<p>The GPZ article explicitly says that their findings shouldn&#x27;t be interpreted as &quot;there is more exploitation&quot; but actually as &quot;we know about more of the exploitation.&quot;