[non-Ubuntu topic] Phishing report

[Amahdy AbdElAziz]

There is something unfair in this survey,
When I say that 76% of attacked servers are Linux OS, this is unfair
because, I should count how much percent (of all Linux OS) are attacked.

I'll give you an example:
Let say that there are 9 Linux-Based servers and 1 Windows-Based server in
one room, and 3 of the Linux got attacked and the Windows got attacked as
well, we have 2 interesting results:
- 75% of attacked servers were Linux ???? totally unfair!
- 30% of Linux servers were attacked and 100% of Windows servers were
attacked. Make more sense.

The same for software (Apache, MySQL, ...etc)

Server-wise, Linux and Open-Source software are dominating so obviously when
they take a survey asking you something like:
Were you attacked before, and you respond by "Yes"; then there is a great
possibility that you respond by "Linux" when he asks about your OS in the
next question! Is that way how they legalize their surveys?!

-- Amahdy AbdElAziz
http://www.linkedin.com/in/amahdyabdelaziz



On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 00:39, Angie T. Muhammad <angie.tawfik at gmail.com>wrote:

> I totally understand, just wanted to share it with you. Plus, I wrote
> "it claims" ;)
>
> On 6/11/11, Omar Mohamed <omarmohsenm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Disclaimer: PLEASE NOTE: The APWG and its cooperating investigators,
> > researchers, and
> > service providers have provided this study as a public service, based
> upon
> > aggregated
> > professional experience and *personal opinion*. *We offer no warranty as
> to
> > the
> > completeness, accuracy, or pertinence of these data and recommendations
> with
> > respect to any particular company’s operations*, *or with respect to any
> > particular form of
> > criminal attack. This report contains the research and opinions of the
> > authors*. Please see
> > the APWG web site – apwg.org – for more information.
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Angie T. Muhammad <
> angie.tawfik at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Hello group,
> >>
> >> Check out the attached phishing report. It has interesting findings.
> >> It is issued by APWG (Anti Phishing Work Group) and it claims that
> >> LAMP stack is the most targeted by phishing criminals.
> >>
> >> The database question really made me pause and reflect: what is the
> >> future of MySQL?
> >> Anyhow, hopefully you like this share :)
> >>
> >> --
> >> All the best,
> >> Angie T. Muhammad
> >> http://angie-tawfik.blogspot.com
> >>
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