GenderIsOpSec [she/her]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoDoes linux need some form of antivirus?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareDoes linux need some form of antivirus?GenderIsOpSec [she/her]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoIt’s not impossible for malware running in a type 2 hypervisor like Virtual Box to do a guest-to-host attack, but those attacks are pretty specialized and most viruses aren’t going to affect the host system.
It’s not impossible for malware running in a type 2 hypervisor like Virtual Box to do a guest-to-host attack, but those attacks are pretty specialized and most viruses aren’t going to affect the host system.