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posted by martyb on Friday March 27 2020, @12:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the microsoft-maginot-line-defender dept.

[Ed. note: This is the 40,000th story submission to SoylentNews.org (Thanks everyone!) --martyb]

Microsoft Defender for Linux is coming. This is what you need to know:

Microsoft's security tools extend beyond the company's own platforms. While the ambition for Defender for Linux is broad, the first preview is aimed just at servers and does less than on Windows.

[...] When Defender came to macOS as well as Windows, Microsoft announced that the name of the software was changing, from Windows Defender to Microsoft Defender. Hidden in the presentation was a hint about the future: a Linux laptop with a penguin sticker on. Now Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux in is in public preview for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7+, CentOS Linux 7+, Ubuntu 16 LTS or higher, SLES 12+, Debian 9+, and Oracle Enterprise Linux 7. But what does it actually protect those OSes from?

Microsoft already has Linux malware detection in the Defender agents on Windows and Mac, because files get moved from one device to another and you want to catch malware wherever it is -- ideally before it gets onto a vulnerable system. If you're using WSL, Defender already protects you against threats like infected npm packages that try to install cryptominers.

[...] For smartphones, Microsoft seems likely to concentrate on phishing, and not just in email but potentially in messaging apps too.

[...] "But then let's move past endpoints -- let's talk about your whole estate, all of your users and all of your data and all of your communication tools inside of one threat protection environment."

Rest assured that this is guaranteed to have the same quality, security and stability that you have come to expect from the Microsoft brand name. Count on it!


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @12:54PM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @12:54PM (#976273)

    I didn't use Defender when I used Windows (or any anti-virus for that matter), I sure as hell am not going to install their crap on a Linux system. Dealing with their awful ASP .NET Core runtimes is bad enough.

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Mojibake Tengu on Friday March 27 2020, @01:03PM (9 children)

    by Mojibake Tengu (8598) on Friday March 27 2020, @01:03PM (#976276) Journal

    systemd-msdefender

    There, fixed that for you.

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    • (Score: 5, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday March 27 2020, @01:19PM (2 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday March 27 2020, @01:19PM (#976284) Journal

      The noise I made on reading that isn't transcribable, but it was part groan, part growl, and part strangled scream.

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      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @01:57PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @01:57PM (#976294)

        Did you enjoy your orgasm?

      • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @03:07PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @03:07PM (#976328)

        it was part groan, part growl, and part strangled scream.

        Sooo... wookie?

    • (Score: 2) by gtomorrow on Friday March 27 2020, @01:59PM (1 child)

      by gtomorrow (2230) on Friday March 27 2020, @01:59PM (#976295)

      Mod +4, Funny?

      Mod +1, Prognosticatory.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @02:43PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @02:43PM (#976318)

        Also -1 proctokatastreptikos.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @02:18PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @02:18PM (#976307)

      Where is my "Microsoft Defender Inside" sticker?

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @02:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 27 2020, @02:31PM (#976312)

      From the original article: "We have a bunch of very broad assets around ..."

      typo ... one to many "t"s.

      Any guesses on when we get the first zero-day for Microsoft Defender for Linux?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 28 2020, @06:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 28 2020, @06:50PM (#976709)

      i like systemd. i use systemd-networkd and it is much less trouble than other options i have tried. i like being able to run systemctl and quickly see if anything has failed. I use systemd timers and am now using systemd-nspawn. Thanks Lennart Poettering