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Microsoft Releases Defender ATP for Linux

posted by chromas on Monday June 29 2020, @03:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-do-you-do,-fellow-kids? dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Linux:

On June 23, Microsoft released Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for Linux for general use.

But before you get excited while you could use this on a Linux desktop, this version of ATP is not meant for the desktop. It's to protect Linux servers from server and network threats. If you want protection for your standalone desktop, you're better off with a such as ClamAV or Sophos Antivirus for Linux.

For sysadmins and security pros, Microsoft Defender Security Center is now available for monitoring and managing security across the full spectrum of enterprise desktop and server platforms -- Android, Windows, Windows Server, macOS, and Linux.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 29 2020, @04:57PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 29 2020, @04:57PM (#1014158) Journal

    There are corporate networks to which you cannot login, unless you are running an "approved" antivirus, and other "security" software. In the past, that basically meant, you don't login unless you're running Windows. This may mean that you can log in, but that doesn't mean that your computer is any safer.

    I'm expecting this to turn into some kind of Trojan, anyway. Any software that can scan your hard drive is a liability, IMHO.

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  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Monday June 29 2020, @09:15PM

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Monday June 29 2020, @09:15PM (#1014253)

    My thoughts as well. How long before it is found out to be collecting the same sort of data on its users as does Windows 10?

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Tuesday June 30 2020, @12:12AM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <{axehandle} {at} {gmail.com}> on Tuesday June 30 2020, @12:12AM (#1014314)

    ...I'm expecting this to turn into some kind of Trojan, anyway. Any software that can scan your hard drive is a liability, IMHO.

    Absolutely.

    It's a trap!!!

    Fuck microsoft.

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    It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.