"Thip" <me@privacy.net> wrote in news:7vhndnFiljU1@mid.individual.net:
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> "DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote in message
> news:Xns9D344ECF873CEthisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131...
>> "WaterBoy" <Waterboy@somewhere.com> wrote in
>> news:iN2dnTJZKszDuQ7WnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@giganews.com:
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>> "It's unclear exactly how the servers have become infected. Sinegubko
>> speculates they belong to careless administrators who allowed their
>> root passwords to be sniffed."
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>> .......which is far from an 'exploit'.
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>> One thing for sure though, the weren't compromised because someone
>> using the computer visited a malicious website that silently
>> installed s/w on them.....
>>
>> .....which is the actual problem.
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> Given the ratio of Windows v Linux users, it makes sense that many
> more Windows boxes would be infected.
Of course, especially since there is virtually zero Linux virus/malware
out there 'in the wild' infecting Linux boxes.
> And--IMO--the vast majority of
> those infections are due to "careless administrators"--end users who
> really don't have much of a clue about PC security.
"Those" careless administrators are not the same as careless
administrators at a server farm.......home users can't be expected to
know anyting, but those administering networks for a living are expected
to know everything, and should...it's there job.