alt Hacker NewsRemember the whole discussion when UNIX was supposed to not need anti-virus and talking down PCs?
Behaviours matter more than OS security primitives.
Remember the whole discussion when UNIX was supposed to not need anti-virus and talking down PCs?
Behaviours matter more than OS security primitives.
The whole (mistaken) belief that Linux and macOS didn't require AV was based on the execute bit being present, something Microsoft fixed back in XP by making downloaded files as such and preventing them from being opened trivially.
If you have code execution, you can attack the OS.