Linux hack attacks on the rise
C|Net | at | by Mike
Hackers are increasingly targeting Web servers based on the Linux operating system, while the number of successful attacks on Windows systems decreases, according to a new report from a U.K. systems integrator. The study by Mi2g also found that successful attacks on U.K. and U.S. government sites have decreased, which may be due to tougher laws and improved security.
Mi2g has recorded 7,630 successful attacks on Linux systems in the first six months of this year, up sharply from last year's 5,736 attacks. In the meantime, successful attacks on Windows systems running Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) have fallen by 20 percent from 11,828 in the first half of 2001 to 9,404 in the first half of this year. The total number of successful attacks for the first six months of the year rose by 27 percent, from 16,007 on 2001 to 20,371 in 2002.