Linux, the operating system that has become the darling of its security-conscious promoters, came out second-best to Microsoft’s Windows Server in a new survey released Wednesday. Security experts at London-based mi2g who have been tracking digital attacks closely for the past three months, specifically because of increased tensions over the war in Iraq, say that Linux-based servers recorded most of the successful breaches. The company said that in May, 19,208 successful breaches worldwide were recorded against Linux-based systems (76 per cent) and 3,801 breaches were recorded against Microsoft Windows systems (15 per cent). Both corporate and government servers were counted. Microsoft Windows-based servers proved to be the more resilient during the war months from March through to May. Full Story
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