Microsoft has been waiting for security researchers to say that its Windows operating system has a lower total cost of ownership. One finally has, but that’s not good news.
On Friday, David Aitel, a noted security professional and managing director of vulnerability assessment firm Immunity, published a paper stating that “owning” a computer–hacker-speak for compromising a system–is easier if the target computer runs Windows. While couched in puns and jokes, the paper takes a serious stance on the security of Windows compared with modern Linux, Aitel said. “We are having some fun with it, but the underlying data and conclusions are real,” he said.
Source: ZDNet
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