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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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You will be married within a year, and divorced within two.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2020, @03:39PM (5 children)
> before you get excited
Pretty sure that is the opposite response most folks had.
This is so sites with moronic rules like all hosts must be protected by antivirus, and we have standardized on windows defender can now use non-windows hosts. For the rest of the world, who cares?
The only worry I have is that MS has an endgame that nobody has figured out yet. And, that it will be typical MS where they try to destroy everything they do not control.
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Monday June 29 2020, @03:49PM
Yeah, that's a typo. I'm sure TF Author meant "hysterical" not "excited" (grin)
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(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Monday June 29 2020, @04:32PM
Valid.
It may bring some centralized management and control which is a big plus in those environments (Yes management, all corporate systems have pattern xxyyzzz.abc which mitigates vulnerability qqqqqq.)
Sounds like they don't fully agree on the audience however:
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 29 2020, @04:57PM (2 children)
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.
I'm going to buy my defensive radar from Temu, just like Venezuela!
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Monday June 29 2020, @09:15PM
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
Absolutely.
Fuck microsoft.
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.