re: #237 Belafon

The code inserted into SolarWinds had nothing to do with Windows. It had to do with a poorly maintained password and a lack of review of code changes.

These days, Windows isn’t any less secure than the other OSs.

cvedetails.com

That goes back to the Heartbleed exploit we were discussing the other day, where the overwhelming majority of machines still vulnerable in the USA run Linux versions.

Almost no machines running Windows XP, 7, or 8 are affected, and Windows 10 has the fix built in.

Heartbleed Report (goes to Shodan)