"Linux Lasts Longer" Says Honeynet Project

Interesting white paper by Honeynet.org for a quick read. Note the date is last December, but, heck, I cannot keep up with everything on the Internet anymore :-) The date is important because Windows XP SP2 was brand new as of the report's data collection period.

Interesting findings:

• Unpatched Linux machines last a mean of 3.0 months before compromise
• Windows machines last hours if left unpatched
• Machine-based hacking is goving way to human-based social crimes (DOS) and financial crimes (e.g., phishing).

I am going to bookmark this org and check back periodically to see what comes to the honey.

-- Peter S. Kastner