Collaborate Disseminate
OpenBSD has had much fewer "code execution" vulnerabilities and even fewer exploits than FreeBSD, according to https://cvedetails.com :
https://www.cvedetails.com/product/163/Openbsd-Openbsd.html?vendor_id=97
https://www.cvedeta… Continue reading Would FreeBSD and OpenBSD have similar known-past-vulnerability stats if they were configured similarly?
Hard drive firmware infections were documented in 2015:
The hacking tool, believed to be a product of the NSA, is significant because subverting the firmware gives the attackers God-like control of the system in a way that is stealthy and… Continue reading How common are firmware infections?
The recent University of Minnesota study of how easy it is to get malicious code into the Linux kernel generated a lot of anger online. Commentators suggested that this project wasted developer time, performed "experiments on humans&q… Continue reading How many backdoors is Linux estimated to have?