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In the past two years, 81 percent of hospitals and health insurance companies have had a data breach, according to a ...

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 14:07:26 +0000

In the past two years, 81 percent of hospitals and health insurance companies have had a data breach, according to a report released by KPMG

Now days, our illusion of cyber security and privacy wavers more often than before

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:39:14 +0000

Now days, our illusion of cyber security and privacy wavers more often than before

Is Linux as Vulnerable to Virus attacks as is Windows

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:19:25 +0000

In the past few years i read and heard many times that the reason for Windows' vulnerabilities and specially virus attacks is simply because much more computers are running it and it could have been the same for Linux (aka GNU/Linux)!.

First of all i'm glad that this kind of discussions are pupping up so often these days, because it means that Linux's user base is increasing and it attracts more attention everyday. However this point of view also shows its authors' limited understanding of how GNU/Linux and Open Source community work. GNU/Linux is NOT WINDOWS, yes they're both operating systems but they have many fundamental differences. Lets highlight some of these differences and see how they affect the main topic of this article.