cyber war / moving back to Linux

[Anthony Radzykewycz]

Hey Everybody,
   I'm fortunate enough to have a unique perspective on this topic. Without
going into any detail at all (mostly because I have steered clear of being
an active participant), I can say that there are ways to get involved.
That'd be of your own accord, but I was provided a link earlier by a
colleague.
   On a securing aspect, I found that STIGs are pretty neat to go through.
https://www.stigviewer.com/stigs. They suck if you have to go through them
a bunch of times, but the first set that I did was really illuminating to
the settings available on systems. I know there has always been the opinion
that Linux is more secure than Windows (and Mac is more secure than Linux),
but my experience with this claim is different. I understand Apple devices
to be amongst the worst... Either way, more than the OS, applications are
where a lot of vulns exist. Windows systems are certainly more targeted,
and the user-base is usually of a different caliber than Linux users (Linux
users tend to learn a bit more than your typical end user). Regardless of
this, I think most of the hackers at my org are much more familiar with
Linux hacking (as it's more prevalent and easier to get access to learning
resources).
   Sorry to go off-tangent here, but I wanted to share my perspective (as a
'hacker'). Check out the STIGs and let me know what you all think. Of
course, it depends on what you are running, but as you'll see, STIGs are
quite extensive.
Regards,
Anthony (RedHatAugust) Radzykewycz

On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM Samuel Stavole-Carter via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> A session on improving security would be great. I’ll check out Aaron’s
> stuff in the meantime. Thanks for sharing!
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10:32 AM der.hans via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Am 22. Mar, 2022 schwätzte Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss so:
>>
>> moin moin,
>>
>> > I have been researching all the ways to harden my linux box so I don't
>> have
>> > problems. But some of the research I have found to be out of date so I
>> may
>> > check on here for things I want to harden my linux box against any type
>> of
>> > attacks.
>>
>> Perhaps we should have a presentation on improving our security.
>>
>> We do have many security presentations up from the before times,
>> especially if you look at Aaron's security series.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianCluff/videos
>>
>> Also, Brian was having way too much fun with some of the title images he
>> was making :).
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
>>
>> > On 3/22/22 09:46, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I understand there is a cyber war going on.  I understand it is the
>> worse
>> >> so far.  I hear it is coming from Russia.
>> >>
>> >> I moved to Windows about 6 years ago for business reasons.  Those
>> reasons
>> >> have since passed.  I do have one piece of software that runs on Win
>> or
>> >> MAC.  So I am thinking of running that on a Win laptop I have and it
>> will
>> >> be isolated for the most part.
>> >>
>> >> I'm thinking it is time to move back to Linux for my laptop.
>> >>
>> >> I think we need to open a discussion on this cyber war.
>> >>
>> >> Thoughts?
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